Overview
- The challenge to the PM CARES Fund was thrown out after questioning revealed the petitioner likely did not author the filing.
- Petitioner Rajnish Sidhu, a Class 12‑educated hosiery trader from Ludhiana, admitted using three to four AI tools to draft the petition.
- Pressed to explain the phrase “fiduciary risk of corporate donors,” he could not do so, deepening the court’s skepticism.
- Sidhu told the bench a Supreme Court typist named Mr. Das initially helped and said he gifted the typist four jackets as the typist sought ₹1,000 per hour.
- A bench of CJI Surya Kant with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and R Mahadevan declined a roving inquiry for now but warned that future such filings could invite costs or a Punjab Vigilance Bureau probe.