PM’s pic on vaccine certificates: Kerala HC imposes Rs 1 lakh fantastic in opposition to petitioner for ‘frivolous’ plea

By Express News Service

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday imposed Rs 1 lakh fantastic on a senior citizen who sought the removing of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s picture from the Covid vaccination certificates. Justice P V Kunhikrishnan dismissed the plea, terming it a “frivolous” one filed with “ulterior motives”. The petitioner, Peter Myaliparambil, had claimed PM’s picture on the certificates was an infringement of elementary rights.

“A citizen of the country argues before the High Court that carrying the photographs of his prime minister in the vaccination certificate with a morale-boosting message in a pandemic situation is an intrusion into his privacy… These are frivolous contentions which are never expected from a citizen,” the court docket noticed. 

The court docket stated hundreds of convicts are in jail ready to listen to their appeals. Similarly, hundreds of persons are ready for the decision in different disputes. In such a state of affairs, frivolous pleas must be dismissed with a heavy value, the court docket famous. 

The petitioner has been requested to pay the associated fee inside six weeks to the Kerala State Legal Services Authority. If the quantity just isn’t paid, then it must be recovered from the belongings of the petitioner, the court docket ordered.