Apex Court dismisses plea against PCI Chairman

On 10th April, 2015, the Supreme Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) which looked for the enlistment of a FIR against previous Apex Court Judge and current Press Council of India (PCI) Chairman Justice C K Prasad, for supposedly passing improper requests in a Civil Appeal amid his residency as a Judge. A Bench embodying Justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant rejected the request recorded by legal advisor Prashant Bhushan against the PCI Chairman.
“As we would like to think, the Supreme Court judgment in the Lalita Kumari case (which orders enlistment of FIR in specific cases) is not pertinent in the present realities of the present case. The requests of the High Court and Supreme Court Judges can’t be permitted to be tested in this way,” said the Bench.
This perception was made by the Bench as senior backer, Shanti Bhushan, who showed up for his attorney child, Prashant Bhushan, announced, “It’s a straightforward scenario and FIR ought to be enrolled. Only in light of the fact that he happens to be a Supreme Court Judge, it ought not be denied.”
The PIL charged that Prasad, amid his residency as a Supreme Court Judge, passed a request coordinating the posting of a specific Civil Appeal before him, which was beforehand pending before another Bench.