NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday came down heavily upon a man for filing repeated pleas challenging the Z+ security cover given to Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman and billionaire businessman Mukesh Ambani and his family.
The application, filed by one Bikash Saha, sought a direction from the top court to revoke the Z+ security cover given to Ambani and his family members.
A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra while rejecting Shah's plea, warned him of imposing exemplary cost if he further pursued this particular plea and proceedings or filing similar pleas in court.
"The applicant (Bikash Shah) has no locus standi to challenge the security provided by the State after duly evaluating the threat inputs, and we warned that any further proceedings will lead to the Court imposing exemplary costs on him," the bench said.
The court said that the Z+ security cover would continue to be provided to Mukesh Ambani, his wife Neeta Ambani and children Anant, Aakash and Isha, depending upon the threat perception.
Hearing Saha's plea, the bench asked, "is it the Supreme Court to decide who is to be given what security? This is something new which has popped up. New genre of jurisprudence. Is this our domain?"
Pulling up Saha, the court further asked, "Who are you to decide the threat perception? Government of India will decide that, no? Tomorrow, if some mishap happens, will you take responsibility? Or will the Court take responsibility for it? Don't do this, this is very serious and we are warning you. Don't think there is a goldmine to be snatched over here and we are not here to facilitate your process."
Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Mukesh Ambani and his family, objected to the plea. "The security is granted by the government, considering the threat perception. This gentleman (Saha) has nothing to do with it," he said.
Rohatgi further added that Saha had first filed a PIL in Tripura High Court to our security for which we get from the Government of India, for which we pay. That matter came here, the Union brought it here, the Supreme Court passed strictures saying he has no business in doing all this, and the order of the Tripura High Court was set aside.
