<p>New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking cancellation of the 70th Combined Competitive Exams (preliminary), conducted by the Bihar Public Services Commission (BPSC), on grounds of an alleged paper leak.</p><p>A bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and K V Viswanathan asked the counsel appearing for Anand Legal Aid Forum Trust to approach the Patna High Court under jurisdiction of Article 226 of the Constitution.</p><p>The petitioner’s counsel submitted that everybody saw how the Bihar Police had brutally lathi-charged the protestors. The counsel, emphasising on the issue of paper leaks and malpractices in competitive exams, contended that this has become a routine, the manner in which paper leaks are happening.</p>.Filing FIR after civil suit nothing but abuse of process of law: Supreme Court.<p>Apparently not keen to entertain the petition, the bench told the counsel that the apex court cannot be the court of first instance, as no plea has been filed in the high court in connection with the alleged paper leak. The bench said it will not comment on the merits of the matter.</p><p>The bench felt it would be appropriate and more expeditious that the petitioner approaches the Patna High Court by way of a petition under Article 226, while declining to entertain the petition.</p><p>It was submitted before the court that the lathi charge took place at a site near the residence of the Chief Justice of the High Court and the court could have taken suo motu cognisance of the matter.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking cancellation of the 70th Combined Competitive Exams (preliminary), conducted by the Bihar Public Services Commission (BPSC), on grounds of an alleged paper leak.</p><p>A bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and K V Viswanathan asked the counsel appearing for Anand Legal Aid Forum Trust to approach the Patna High Court under jurisdiction of Article 226 of the Constitution.</p><p>The petitioner’s counsel submitted that everybody saw how the Bihar Police had brutally lathi-charged the protestors. The counsel, emphasising on the issue of paper leaks and malpractices in competitive exams, contended that this has become a routine, the manner in which paper leaks are happening.</p>.Filing FIR after civil suit nothing but abuse of process of law: Supreme Court.<p>Apparently not keen to entertain the petition, the bench told the counsel that the apex court cannot be the court of first instance, as no plea has been filed in the high court in connection with the alleged paper leak. The bench said it will not comment on the merits of the matter.</p><p>The bench felt it would be appropriate and more expeditious that the petitioner approaches the Patna High Court by way of a petition under Article 226, while declining to entertain the petition.</p><p>It was submitted before the court that the lathi charge took place at a site near the residence of the Chief Justice of the High Court and the court could have taken suo motu cognisance of the matter.</p>
