The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea, which sought to bar the utilization of the slogan of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ throughout West Bengal Assembly elections campaigning.
This got here as advocate M L Sharma, the petitioner within the case, sought a route to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register an FIR into the alleged chanting of spiritual slogans throughout electioneering in poll-bound West Bengal.
The petitioner in his plea mentioned the chanting of Jai Shri Ram or some other non secular slogan creates communal disharmony. He added that such an act is an offence underneath the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
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“Whether using a provocative religious slogan ‘Jai Shri Ram’ is for electoral benefits as well as others is not violated S.123(3) & 125 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951,” learn the plea as per information company PTI.
The apex court docket bench headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde and likewise comprising Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian initially instructed the petitioner to method the Calcutta High Court on this regard.
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“You are asking for prosecution. How can we pass such an order? The only power lied with the high court, that to the election petition,” the apex court docket mentioned.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court additionally dismissed a plea difficult the Election Commission’s choice to conduct the West Bengal Assembly elections in eight phases.
Voting for the 294-member West Bengal Assembly can be held in eight phases starting March 27 and ending on April 29. The outcomes can be declared on May 2.
