SC REJECTS TEJASHWI’S PLEA TO KEEP BUNGALOW

New Delhi, Feb. 8: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav’s plea, challenging a Patna High Court order asking him to vacate the government bungalow meant for the deputy chief minister, and ordered him to shift to an accommodation for the leader of the opposition. The apex court imposed a fine of `50, 000 on the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader for pursuing a litigation up to the top court even after two benches of the high court dismissed his plea.

“What is this luxury of litigation? Precious judicial time has been wasted,” the bench said.

Yadav, who is currently leader of the opposition in the state assembly, filed an appeal against the Patna HC judgement turning down his petition challenging the Bihar government order to vacate his bungalow to make way for Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi.