SC Dismisses Plea To Restrain Opposition Alliance From Using Word I.N.D.I.A

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking to restrain the alliance of 26 political parties from using the word “I.N.D.I.A.” (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) as the name of their Opposition alliance.

A court presided over by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul refused to consider the appeal on the grounds that it was made in an effort to get attention.

The bench said, “Who are you? What is your interest? If there is a violation of election norms, go to the Election Commission. You want publicity, complete publicity.” Justice Kaul said, “We are not going to determine morality in politics. It is sad that people waste time on this.”

“We are not going to judge morality in politics. People wasting time on this is sad”, he remarked.

The bench granted the advocate’s plea and dismissed the petition as withdrawn as the petitioner requested instruction to withdraw the case.

The petition asked the Press Council of India to issue a directive prohibiting all media outlets from referring to the Opposition alliance as the “I.N.D.I.A.”