[dropcap]T[/dropcap]HE Supreme Court on Monday, June 01, 2019 dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a former officer of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) R K Yadav seeking a direction to the Central Government to create two parliamentary seats for Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit/Baltistan.
“Ex facie, the prayers are not tenable and not appropriate for judicial interpretation. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed with the costs of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand only), to be deposited with the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee, within a period of four weeks from today,” a three-judge bench comprising the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose ordered.