The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a public interestlitigation and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 against the petitioner who sought adirection to the Centre to declare Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) andGilgit as parliamentary seats.
A bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, said thepetition filed by former RAW official Ram Kumar Yadav is legally untenable.
“You come to the judiciary with such a prayer? Therecannot be any judicial interference here. We cannot pass such orders,” thebench said.
The petitioner said that as many as 24 constituencies in theJammu and Kashmir Assembly have been carved out by the government from PaK andGilgit. These territories are under the occupation of Pakistan.
The petitioner requested the court that on the lines of theAssembly seats, the central government be directed to earmark two seats in theLok Sabha for PaK and Gilgit, respectively.
The 111-member Jammu and Kashmir assembly has alwaysfunctioned with 87 legislators.