But Singh's plea left the bench very angry with Chief Justice Balakrishnan repeatedly asking Singh: 'You have sought narco-analysis for four chief ministers? Do you know what is narco-analysis?'

'It's brain mapping,' fumbled Singh, in a bid to explain the meaning of the process, but the bench cut him short, insisting upon a proper explanation of the term.

'Mister, you are a lawyer. You cannot do such things. You earlier filed a writ petition in the Allahabad High Court and not satisfied (with the high court's dismissal of your petition) you have come here.'

The bench eventually imposed a fine of Rs.10,000 on Singh for filing what the court termed as a 'frivolous' lawsuit.

This left Singh pleading with the court to waive the fine, saying that he was not an affluent person.

At this, eminent jurist Jethmalani, who was also in the court room and waiting for his turn to ague another case, ventured to pay the fine in lieu of Singh.

On Jethmalani's magnanimous gesture, the court waived the fine.