'If you don't like it, ignore it': SC rejects plea seeking NIA probe into Congress 'toolkit'
New Delhi, July 5: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking probe by NIA into the alleged 'Toolkit', which was purportedly created to tarnish image of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over handling of COVID-19 pandemic.
If you don't like Toolkit', you ignore it, a bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah told the petitioner, who withdrew the plea.
This is a part of political propaganda and if you don't like it, then you ignore it, the bench told advocate Shashank Shekhar Jha who had filed the petition.
Jha, while referring to the alleged 'Toolkit', said that terms like Indian strain should not be used.
India is a democracy, the bench said, adding that such a relief in petition under Article 32 cannot be granted .
Why should we issue directions in petition under 32? People have remedy in criminal law. You can withdraw this and pursue your other remedies, the bench told the petitioner.
The BJP had earlier accused the Congress of creating the 'toolkit' on how to tarnish the image of the country and the Prime Minister over the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, the Congress had denied the allegation and its leader had filed a police complaint here claiming the BJP is propagating the "fake toolkit'' to defame their party.
In his plea filed in the apex court, Jha had also sought direction to the Election Commission of India to suspend the registration of Congress party if they are found to be doing alleged anti-national acts and playing with the lives of common people.
During the hearing conducted through video-conferencing, the petitioner referred to one of the prayers in his plea seeking direction to the Centre to issue guidelines to the political parties, groups or individuals to stop all kind of hoardings and portraying alleged anti-national stance including usage of photos of funeral and dead bodies, naming mutants after India and others.
Why should we stop, the bench said, adding, This is the problem. The time of the Supreme Court is being taken up by frivolous petitions. You can't come with umbrella petition.
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B.Tech student dies by suicide in hostel room near Bengaluru: Police
Bengaluru, May 17: A first-year B.Tech student died allegedly by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in her hostel room at a private engineering college in Heelalige near Bengaluru, police said on Friday.
The deceased has been identified as Harshitha (18), they said.
According to the police, on Thursday evening, Harshitha was found hanging in her room which was allegedly locked from inside. A few students who saw her hanging body through the window alerted the college management. They broke open the door and rushed her to the hospital where she was declared brought dead.
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"She died by suicide. However, no suicide note was found from the spot. But we are probing the exact cause that might have led her to take this extreme step," a senior police officer said.
