Supreme Court rejects the request to recognise Godman as "Paramatma."

  • Dec. 6, 2022, 12:11 p.m.

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking to declare late religious figure Sri Sri Thakur Anukul Chandra as "Paramatma."

A bench led by Justice MR Shah imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on petitioner Upendra Nath Dalai for wasting judicial time by filing "public interest litigation."

Dalai wanted the top court to declare Chandra, a prominent religious figure born on September 14, 1888, in Pabna, which now falls in Bangladesh, a "Paramatma."

"We are not here to listen to your lecture. Is this a matter of public interestlecture. Is this a matter of public interest? How is it possible? Everybody's free to follow his or her religion. How can we ask people to follow a particular religion? If you want, you can consider him "Paramatma" (the supreme being). "Why enforce it on others?" the bench asked the petitioner. "India is a secular country, and the petitioner cannot be permitted to pray that the citizens of India may accept Sri Sri Thakur Anukul Chandra as "Paramatma." "This is not a genuine public interest litigation at all, and it seems to be publicity interest litigation, which deserves to be dismissed with costs," the bench said, imposing a cost of Rs 1 lakh on him.

Author : Rajdhani Delhi Representative

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