PIL seeking abolishing of the "male" pronoun from the Constitution of India
Harsh Gupta v. Union of India
W P ( c ) 473/2023
Before Honāble Mr. Chief Justice of India & Honāble Mr. Justice P S Narsimha J
Dismissed on 04.07.2023
it is a mockery of justice that resources of legal system are consumed by petitions in the name of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) when the Supreme Court is facing escalating pendency of cases where the personal liberty of the person is involved and have legitimate expectation of early justice. Now is being brazenly misused to seek publicity or to settle business and political rivalry.
The spirit behind public interest petition was that a citizenĀ may approach the court to ventilate grievance of a person or class of persons who are unable to pursue their rights.
A PIL was filed by a Law student Harsh Gupta from Agra under Article 32 of the Constitution of India seeking to abolish āmaleā pronouns in the Constitution of India. The matter was heard by a Division Bench of Honāble Mr. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud J and Honāble Mr. Justice PS Narasimha J. Under the garb of right to equality the petitioner intended to get the word āmaleā abolished in the Constitution. The Constitution uses the word Chairman now Chairperson but that does not mean a woman canāt be appointed.
The PIL was dismissed with the observation of the Honāble Apex Court, ā we are not inclined to entertain such petition under Article 32 of the Constitution pf India.ā
Seema Bhatnagar