With the intention of weeding out defective petitions clogging the apex court registry, the Supreme Court Tuesday warned that it will dismiss 729 such pleas as the court was “unnecessarily burdened” with them.
A bench headed by Chief Justice RanjanGogoi said some ofthese 729 petitions have been lying in defect in the registry since 2010 andthe petitioners have not cured the defects despite being repeatedly told by theregistry.
The bench, also comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and SanjivKhanna, gave one last opportunity to the parties to cure the defects in theirpetitions within two weeks and said that their failure to do so will result indismissal of their petitions.
“The Supreme Court is unnecessarily burdened with this.We will get rid of these petitions,” the bench said.
“Some of these petitions are in defect since 2010. Nine years have gone by but the defects have not been cured,” the court observed.