Summary:
If the cost is not paid in four weeks, the matter would be listed for the recovery of cost. "As counsel for the MLA urged the bench that the cost was high, it said the cost should have been higher as the people's representative was engaged in uncondonable activity leading to wastage of judicial time. "The RJD MLA had challenged the December 6, 2016 Patna high court order which dismissed Singh's plea, questioning the veracity of an article that had appeared in 1994 in a local newspaper. The instant appeal is uncondonable and more so by a people's representative who can't be expected to misuse the jurisdiction of the court," the apex court said in its order.Having said this, the court said: "We impose an exemplary cost of Rs10 lakh. "The court was explicit and clear in its order..