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The Supreme Court said on Friday that allowing a third party to file a public interest lawsuit to overturn a First Information Report (FIR) would set a bad precedent in criminal law (Pradeep Kumar Yadav v. Union of India). A petition seeking to quash FIRs filed against at least 24 people for putting up posters criticising the Central government's COVID-19 vaccination policy was heard by a bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah. We are unable to dismiss the FIR at the request of a third party. We cannot begin to entertain PILs for the quashing of FIRs. As a result, "this will set a very bad precedent in criminal law," the Court said. It then proceeded to issue a warning to the attorneys who were appearing in the case. The Bench remarked, "Please don't file these kinds of public interest litigations." The petitioner eventually retracted his plea. However, the Court stated in its order that the withdrawal of the plea will not prevent any aggrieved person from pursuing legal rights and remedies. Advocate Pradeep Kumar Yadav filed a petition asking the Delhi Police to refrain from registering FIRs or taking action against those who allegedly posted vaccine policy posters throughout the national capital. Messages such as "Modi ji, what are you doing to stop the spread of the bacchon virus in the city?" were posted on posters throughout the city. If you sent vaccines meant for our children overseas, why did you do it? Following that, four different divisions of the Delhi Police - Eastern Range, East, Central, and Northeast - made arrests, implying a coordinated operation on the part of the officials, according to the plea.tional capital. The petition cited the Supreme Court's recent order in the COVID-19 suo motu case, in which the top court specifically directed the Central and State governments not to file any criminal cases based on people seeking medical help on social media. Unaware of the Supreme Court's order, "authorities are registering FIRs against innocent people for speaking out against the Prime Minister over the second COVID-19 crisis and Government vaccine policies," the petition said. They were registered under the Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, Delhi Disaster Management Act, the Indian Penal Code, and the Press and Registration of Books Act. They were also registered under Section 269 of the IPC and Section 34 of the IPC, the petitioner claimed.
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