2011 INSC 0128
                             SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

                                        Abdul Gani Bhat

                                                Vs.

                       Chairman, Islamia College Governing Board

                               SLP(C) Nos.1995-1996 of 2006

                       (G.S. Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly JJ.)

                                             ORDER

These petitions have been filed by Shri Abdul Gani Bhat for directing the Registrar
of this Court to file complaint before the appropriate forum against the respondents
for having made false statements before this Court. The petitioner has referred to
order dated 24.3.2006 passed in SLP(C) Nos. 1995-1996/2006, which were
directed against order dated 21.11.2005 passed by the Jammu and Kashmir High
Court in LPA No.200/2005. He has then averred that in the reply filed by
respondent No.2, a number of false statements were made on the issue of payment
of subsistence allowance, his designation in the College as Physical Instructor
instead of Physical Director, Physical Education, the alleged filing of 8 dozens of
cases against the college authorities and indulging in luxury litigation. He has also
pleaded that the averments contained in paras 8 and 9 of the reply were also
patently false and misleading and has prayed that action may be initiated against
the respondents under Section 340 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

We have heard Shri Abdul Gani Bhat, who appeared in person and carefully
perused the record. In our view, there is no valid ground much less justification for
issue of a direction to the Registrar to initiate proceedings against the respondents
by filing complaint merely because some of the statements made in the written
statement were, as per the petitioner's version, false. The applications are
accordingly dismissed.

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