Observing that people should not rush to courts to file cases under the garb of public interest, the High Court has imposed a fine of Rs 25000 on a woman for filing a “frivolous” Public Interest Litigation which espouses private interests.

A division bench of justices V M Kanade and M S Sonak dismissed a PIL filed by Ujwala Patil, who claims to be the President of Mumbai Division of Maharashtra Machhimar Kruti Samiti, challenging a scheme of the Slum Rehabilitation Authority. She alleged that the scheme was approved without the consent of 70 per cent of the slum dwellers.