'How many votes did you get'? SC rejects petition by jan suraaj
New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea by the Prashant Kishor-led Jan Suraaj Party seeking annulment of the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, reproaching the party for invoking the judicial forum after having suffered a complete rejection at the polls. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi refused to examine the allegations levelled by the party in its petition. "How many votes did you get? Once people reject you, you use the judicial forum to get relief," the bench said.
The court indicated that the high court would be the appropriate forum to examine any state-specific grievances. "Since it deals with only one state, please go to that high court. In some cases, there is a serious issue of freebies, which we will seriously examine," the bench said. HTC...
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