<p>New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a Madras High Court order that barred the Tamil Nadu government for naming a welfare scheme ‘Ungaludan Stalin’ (With You, Stalin), and imposed a Rs 10 lakh cost on AIADMK MP C Ve Shanmugam for singling out the programme, when 45 schemes have been named after political figures.</p>.<p>"Political battles should be fought before the electorate, and the courts should not be used to settle the political scores," a bench of Chief Justice of India B R Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and N V Anjaria said.</p>.<p>The apex court came down heavily on the petition for filing a 'misconceived' petition before the high court.</p>.<p>After hearing senior advocates Mukul Rohatgi, A M Singhvi and P Wilson on behalf of the state government, the court quashed the Madras High Court's July 31 interim order, which restrained the use of names and photographs of living personalities, former chief ministers, party leaders or political parties for the government welfare schemes.</p>.Supreme Court gives green signal to Tamil Nadu's 'With You Stalin' scheme; slaps Rs 10 lakh cost on AIADMK MP.<p>Rejecting a contention by senior advocate Maninder Singh for the AIADMK MP, the court said the planting of schemes in the name of political leaders is a phenomenon, followed throughout the country.</p>.<p>It noted that Tamil Nadu has given a list of 45 such schemes in the name of various political leaders, but the petitioner singled out the DMK's scheme for challenge.</p>.<p>"When such schemes are floated in the name of leaders of political parties, we do not appreciate the anxiety of the petitioner to choose only one political party and one political leader," the bench said.</p>.<p>The bench said if the petitioner was really concerned about the misuse of public funds by political parties, then he could have made a challenge to all such schemes.</p>.<p>"However, singling out only one political leader shows the intentions of the petitioner," the bench said, adding that the manner in which the petition was filed also raised doubts about the motive of the petitioner.</p>.<p>The court also noted that the petitioner rushed to the Madras High Court within three days of making a representation to the Election Commission without giving an opportunity to the poll body to decide on his representation.</p>.<p>The court said the writ petition by the AIADMK MP before the high court was misconceived in law and was also an abuse of process of law.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a Madras High Court order that barred the Tamil Nadu government for naming a welfare scheme ‘Ungaludan Stalin’ (With You, Stalin), and imposed a Rs 10 lakh cost on AIADMK MP C Ve Shanmugam for singling out the programme, when 45 schemes have been named after political figures.</p>.<p>"Political battles should be fought before the electorate, and the courts should not be used to settle the political scores," a bench of Chief Justice of India B R Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and N V Anjaria said.</p>.<p>The apex court came down heavily on the petition for filing a 'misconceived' petition before the high court.</p>.<p>After hearing senior advocates Mukul Rohatgi, A M Singhvi and P Wilson on behalf of the state government, the court quashed the Madras High Court's July 31 interim order, which restrained the use of names and photographs of living personalities, former chief ministers, party leaders or political parties for the government welfare schemes.</p>.Supreme Court gives green signal to Tamil Nadu's 'With You Stalin' scheme; slaps Rs 10 lakh cost on AIADMK MP.<p>Rejecting a contention by senior advocate Maninder Singh for the AIADMK MP, the court said the planting of schemes in the name of political leaders is a phenomenon, followed throughout the country.</p>.<p>It noted that Tamil Nadu has given a list of 45 such schemes in the name of various political leaders, but the petitioner singled out the DMK's scheme for challenge.</p>.<p>"When such schemes are floated in the name of leaders of political parties, we do not appreciate the anxiety of the petitioner to choose only one political party and one political leader," the bench said.</p>.<p>The bench said if the petitioner was really concerned about the misuse of public funds by political parties, then he could have made a challenge to all such schemes.</p>.<p>"However, singling out only one political leader shows the intentions of the petitioner," the bench said, adding that the manner in which the petition was filed also raised doubts about the motive of the petitioner.</p>.<p>The court also noted that the petitioner rushed to the Madras High Court within three days of making a representation to the Election Commission without giving an opportunity to the poll body to decide on his representation.</p>.<p>The court said the writ petition by the AIADMK MP before the high court was misconceived in law and was also an abuse of process of law.</p>
