The Supreme Court on Friday said a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) once filed and heard, cannot be withdrawn.
The observation came during a hearing on a lawyer's plea that he was getting threats for filing a PIL seeking entry of girls and women in Kerala's Sabarimala Temple.
An apex court Bench comprising justices Dipak Misra and N.V. Ramana said once a PIL is filed and entertained, the litigant cannot withdraw it.
The Bench noted this when Naushad Ahmed Khan, President of Indian Young Lawyers' Association, which has filed the PIL on Sabarimala issue, sought urgent hearing of the matter.
He said he has received 500 threat calls, asking him to withdraw the PIL.
The court has reserved the matter for Monday.
