The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a directive to the Centre and others to ensure mandatory and uniform labelling on every dispensing nozzle at petrol pumps, disclosing the exact percentage of ethanol in petrol.
A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and PB Varale said it is not going to entertain the PIL under Article 32 (right to approach Supreme Court directly) and the petitioner Narendra Kumar Goswami can approach the jurisdictional high court for relief.
Attorney General R Venkataramani, appearing for the Centre, submitted that it is a proxy litigation as a petition on a similar issue has been dismissed by the court.
“The petitioner wants government of India to be answerable to him,” the AG submitted.
Goswami contended that he has the right to know the content of the petrol given at fuel pumps.
“Not only me but citizens at large should be informed about the composition of the fuel given to them,” he submitted.
The bench asked Goswami, appearing in-person
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