The Supreme Court today dismissed a public interest litigation assailing adoption of a public-private partnership model for development of government medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi passed the order in the petition filed by evangelist Dr KA Paul, who appeared in person.

During the hearing, Justice Kant called the PIL "luxury litigation" and questioned why people are going "so crazy" about approaching the Supreme Court. The judge noted that the averments made essentially related to Andhra Pradesh, but the petitioner impleaded other states only to justify invocation of Article 32 of the Constitution.

"What is the reason that people are so crazy to come to Supreme Court? You only want highlight and you think that Supreme Court is

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