By IANS,
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has rejected a petition filed against the Chief Minister of Sikkim Pawan Chamling, questioning his Indian citizenship.
Justice S. Muralidhar said: “This Court finds substance in the contention of Sikkim Chief Minister that the complaint, dated June 9, 2008, was made by the petitioner for gaining political mileage.”
“For a person active in politics in Sikkim, and presumably a public figure, the petitioner was expected to act responsibly in activating the legal processes. The documents forming the basis of the petitioner’s complaint questioning the Indian citizenship of Chamling were inherently unreliable,” said the court in an order delivered Tuesday.
“It resulted in an avoidable waste of precious public resources in examining its tenability,” said the court.
The court said the writ petition was, on merits, found to be without substance.
The case was filed in June 2008 by president of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Sikkim unit Padam Chettri on the basis of a release issued by the Sikkim Democratic Front Party, to which Chamling belongs.