SC dismisses PIL to earmark PoK and Gilgit as Lok Sabha seats

The Supreme Court dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to the Centre to earmark and declare PoK and Gilgit as parliamentary seats. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on former RAW official Ram Kumar Yadav for filing the petition and termed it "legally untenable". The plea said as many as 24 assembly seats have been carved out by the govt from PoK and Gilgit.

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