Rajasthan High Court criticized a husband for filing a baseless plagiarism plea against his wife’s research, stating the court cannot be used to settle personal grudges. The petition was dismissed for wasting judicial time.
The Rajasthan High Court criticized a man for submitting a petition against his wife, alleging plagiarism in her research thesis.
Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand stated that the Court should not be used to resolve personal disputes and dismissed the petition.
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He remarked,
“The platform of this Court cannot be permitted to be misused by way of filing such like writ petitions and the same has tantamount to abuse of process of law.”
In 2023, the petitioner complained to the University of Rajasthan regarding his wife’s research, prompting the university to form a committee to investigate the plagiarism claims.
However, the petitioner claimed that no action was taken, leading him to approach the High Court.
The Court noted that the petitioner had fulfilled his obligations once he lodged the complaint. The University was tasked with addressing the allegations and was expected to act accordingly.
The Court noted,
“Now, with an oblique motive to settle his personal score, the petitioner has submitted this writ petition. Such act of the petitioner is sheer abuse of the process of law because the law will take its own motion. It is the settled proposition of law that process of law should not be allowed to be misused by a litigant to satisfy his personal grudges and oblique considerations to settle personal scores.”
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Describing the petition as fundamentally misguided, the Court added,
“The platform of this Court cannot be used to settle personal grudges or disputes. If, at all, the petitioner, being husband of the respondent No.5, is having some ill-will against his wife (here, respondent No.5), he shall not be permitted to misuse the process of this Court, by filing the instant baseless writ petition with an ulterior motive to waste the time of other litigants.”
Advocate Shobit Tiwari represented the petitioner.
Plagiarism in research means using someone else’s work, ideas, data, or words without giving them proper credit. It is considered unethical and can damage a researcher’s reputation, lead to legal consequences, or result in academic penalties.
Here are the common forms of plagiarism in research:
- Copy-pasting text without citation : Taking exact words from another source and presenting them as your own.
- Paraphrasing without credit : Rewriting someone else’s ideas in your own words but not citing the original source.
- Self-plagiarism : Reusing your own previously published work without proper acknowledgment or permission.
- Using data without permission : Including data, figures, or tables from another study without citing the source.
- Not crediting collaborators : Failing to acknowledge the contributions of co-authors or team members
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