The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to restrain use of body parts as political party symbols. [Sarguja Society for Fast Justice v UoI].A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra remarked that the intention behind the plea seemed to be to target the hand symbol of Indian National Congress (INC). ."What kind of plea is this? no eyes, no body part.. well. Dismissed. The intention is only to stop the hand symbol," the Court said..As per the petitioner, he had lodged several complaints against party symbols resembling or identical to parts of the human body to ensure free and fair elections. He moved the Court after the ECI did not take action.The plea, filed through advocate Omprakash Parihar, called upon the Supreme Court to decide whether ECI can allot human body parts as symbols and whether such allotment violates Article 324 of the Constitution of India, the Representation of the People Act, General Clauses Act and Conduct of Election Rules.
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to restrain use of body parts as political party symbols. [Sarguja Society for Fast Justice v UoI].A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra remarked that the intention behind the plea seemed to be to target the hand symbol of Indian National Congress (INC). ."What kind of plea is this? no eyes, no body part.. well. Dismissed. The intention is only to stop the hand symbol," the Court said..As per the petitioner, he had lodged several complaints against party symbols resembling or identical to parts of the human body to ensure free and fair elections. He moved the Court after the ECI did not take action.The plea, filed through advocate Omprakash Parihar, called upon the Supreme Court to decide whether ECI can allot human body parts as symbols and whether such allotment violates Article 324 of the Constitution of India, the Representation of the People Act, General Clauses Act and Conduct of Election Rules.