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New Delhi. The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on a petitioner seeking implementation of the Manmohan-Musharraf four-point formula to resolve the Kashmir dispute. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli said it is not inclined to entertain the plea filed by Prabhakar Venkatesh Deshpande, an IIT-Bombay graduate. The petitioner underlined that there cannot be a military solution to the problem.
Deshpande supported the implementation of the so-called Four List Formula, prepared by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India and General Pervez Musharraf, former President of Pakistan, which includes solving the problem of autonomy, joint control, demilitarization and a borderless border. The petitioner further said that these issues can be discussed further.
To this, the bench said that the court cannot interfere in policy matters and the petition appears more in the form of a ‘publicity interest litigation’. Initially, the bench said that it is informing the counsel for the petitioner that it will impose fine on the petitioner for wasting the time of the court with such petitions. “Of course, we will listen to you, but we are giving you notice that we will impose fine,” the bench warned.
Advocate Arup Banerjee, appearing for the petitioner, said the country has fought “two and a half wars” with Pakistan over Kashmir in the last 70 years, but no solution has been found. The bench, after hearing for a few minutes, said that it was not inclined to entertain the petition and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the petitioner.
