Lucknow, May 13 The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on a litigant for suppressing material facts while filing a petition before the court.
The order was passed by Justice Brij Raj Singh while dismissing a petition filed by Chandrama Devi Agrahari.
During the hearing, the court found that the petitioner had challenged a summoning order issued by the additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM) court in Sultanpur in a criminal complaint case.
However, she had already filed a criminal revision petition against the same order before the sessions court in Sultanpur and failed to disclose this fact in her plea before the high court.
Taking serious note of the concealment, the court imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on the petitioner.
The court directed that Rs 30,000 out of the amount be paid to the complainant in the case, while the remaining Rs 70,000 be deposited with the State Legal Services Authority.
