The Supreme Court on Friday said it cannot provide “panacea” for all evils or evolve a “Utopian” state and refused to entertain a PIL seeking a probe by the CBI, ED, IB and the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) into the alleged criminal nexus between politicians and officials, as recommended by the N.N. Vohra committee in 1993.
“Look at the prayers (of the petitioner). ‘I hope the country will be at the top. I hope the world is a beautiful place. I hope every man will live happily.’ These are the prayers. Write a book on it, not petitions. One can understand giving a nudge to the central government, but I cannot encourage petitions like these. These are all Utopian prayers. The petition must serve a purpose and one should understand what directions can be given,” Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul observed, making the petitioner withdraw his plea.
The court noted that more than 23 years had passed after the Supreme Court directed the government in 1997 to consider the recommendations but no action had been taken so far.