'Why are you ashamed of our PM?': HC asks petitioner challenging photo of PM Modi on COVID vaccine certificates

  

On Monday, the High Court of Kerala reprimanded a petitioner, challenging the photograph of PM Narendra Modi affixed on the COVID-19 vaccination certificates, for wasting judicial time, asking "why are you ashamed of our Prime Minister?"

The bench said that the petitioner is wasting judicial time & if it doesn't find any merit in the petitioner's contentions, then the court will dispose of the petition.

The plea was submitted by an RTI activist Peter Myaliparampil.

Single Bench of PV Kunhikrishnan further said, "he is our Prime Minister, not the Prime Minister of any other country. He came to power through our mandate. Merely because you have political differences, you cannot challenge this. Why are you ashamed of our Prime Minister? 100 crore people don't seem to have an issue with this so why do you? Everyone has different political opinions. You are wasting judicial time."

By pointing out that the petitioner was the state-level master coach of the Jawaharlal Nehru Leadership Institute of New Delhi, the court said that "you work at an Institute named after a Prime Minister. Why don't you ask the university to remove it?"

 "I will go through the pleadings of the petitioner & see if there is any merit in the case. If I don't find any merit in his contentions, then I'll dispose of it," bench further said.

 "I will go through the pleadings of the petitioner & see if there is any merit in the case. If I don't find any merit in his contentions, then I'll dispose of it," bench further said.

It added that "Government messaging & campaigns, especially when it uses government funds, should not personify any leader of the political party. This affects the petitioner's independent choice of voting, which has been recognized as the essence of the electoral system in People's Union for Civil Liberties vs Union of India".

The plea reads, "Moreover, according to the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court for campaigns using public money in Common Cause vs Union of India, no individual can be credited for the launch of an initiative or be celebrated for achievements of a certain policy of the State on government expense".

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