MEIS benefit cannot be granted merely on the basis of pleadings which are prima facie insufficient on the face of records

Ashwini Ashish Dighe Vs Union of India (Bombay High Court) It is a settled proposition of law that a party has to plead the case and produce/adduce sufficient evidence to substantiate his submissions made in the petition. In the absence of the same, the Court need not entertain the pleadings and submissions so made. The Hon’ble Supreme Court in Bharat Singh & Ors. Vs. State of Haryana & Ors.,2 at Paragraph 13, has held as under: ” 13. … In our opinion, when a point which is ostensibly a point of law is required to be substantiated by facts, the party raising the point, if...