The court also directed that the fine should be paid to Mediation and Reconciliation Centre within two weeks.
The First Bench, comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Kumar Agrawal and Justice M Sathyanarayanan, dismissed the petition of advocate R Balasubramanian, who sought to restrict politicians' relatives from contesting Parliament and Assembly polls and also a direction to the President, Chief Election Commissioner and Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer, to whom he had sent representations.
However, he had not learnt his lesson, had taken a conscious decision not to mend his way and in his September 10 representation to the President and to authorities, used derogatory remarks against the sitting Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) elected from this state without any responsibility, the court said.
It said the court depreciated such a kind of practice by the petitioner, who claims to be practicing advocate.
The bench later dismissed the petition at the admission stage observing it did not find any merit in it and directed the petitioner to pay within two weeks Rs 10,000 to the Mediation and Reconciliation Centre, attached to the Court.
If it was not complied with, the Chennai District Collector should treat it as arrears of land revenue and take appropriate steps to recover it and to pay the Centre, the court said.