'Are you ok?' HC tells pilot who accused PM Modi of 'terrorism'

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition that sought to debar Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the charges of terrorism.

The petition was filed by a pilot, Captian Deepak Kumar, alleging that Modi and his accomplices attempted to destabilize national security by planning a fatal crash of an Air India flight in 2018 where he was pilot, Live Law reported.

A bench comprising acting chief justice Manmohan and justice Tushar Rao Gedela dismissed Kumar’s plea, stating that the allegations were “figments of his imagination, lacking material particulars”, and were incoherent and preposterous.

The court also suggested that Kumar be treated for ‘mental illness’, if necessary, indicating that the man needed medical help.

Kumar moved the division bench challenging a single judge’s May 30 order that had rejected his petition seeking the PM’s disqualification, claiming that Modi submitted a false oath to bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution.

The single judge bench had noted that the plea was filled with unsubstantiated, reckless allegations and was tainted with malafide and oblique motives, reports Hindustan Times newspaper reported.

“Are you well? Your petition is inchoate. You're going from one end of the spectrum to another. You're saying they have taken false oaths, that your plane was attacked to your daughter being missing to some former CJI trying to kill you,” the bench told Kumar.

“No human being can understand your petition. It makes no sense. The single judge was absolutely correct that the petition contains unsubstantiated allegations.”