'Aim to get publicity': SC rejects PIL seeking safety, security of tourists in J&K

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the petitioner for seeking safety and security of tourists from terrorist attacks in hilly areas during summer vacations.
A bench of justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh told advocate Vishal Tiwari that the PIL was only meant for publicity without any public cause.
"Why have you filed this kind of PIL? What is your real motive? Don't you understand the sensitivity of the issue? I think you are inviting some exemplary cost for filing this PIL," Justice Surya Kant told Tiwari.
The petitioner lawyer said this was the first time that tourists in Jammu and Kashmir were targeted, and hence, he was seeking directions for their safety.
The bench, in its order, said, "The petitioner is indulging in filing one after the other PIL in which the primary aim appears to be to get publicity with no real interest in the public cause."
This comes days after the top court refused petitions seeking a retired SC judge supervised judicial probe over deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, which claimed 26 live.
The apex court also pulled up the petitioners for filing PIL and said that judges are not experts in probe of terror cases.
"Be responsible before filing such PILs. You have some duty towards country also. Is this the way you want to demoralise forces? Since when we acquired expertise of investigation? Do not file such PILs which demoralise the forces," said a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh.