MP HC junks plea against renaming Habibganj station, imposes fine

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the government’s decision to rename Habibganj railway station after Gond queen Rani Kamlapati and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the petitioner.

A division bench of Justices Sheel Nagu and Sunita Yadav dismissed the petition, terming it as a ‘frivolous’ and ‘vexatious’ piece of litigation which has consumed precious time of the court.

The court dismissed the plea observing that it does not perceive any public cause involved in the petition, which appears to have been filed to gain cheap publicity.

“This court fails to comprehend as to how the name of a particular Railway Station would lead to furtherance of public cause,” it said.