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Supreme Court Retaliates Petition Alleging China โ€œSpreading Covidโ€

New Delhi: Observing that it canโ€™t allow every person who thinks of some solution to COVID-19 to file a petition, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea alleging that China is deliberately spreading the virus as a biological weapon.

A bench comprising Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundresh dismissed a plea filed by a lawyer, and said this was only a publicity move.

The top court rapped the petitioner for filing the PIL, and said, โ€œIs it the courtโ€™s job to see what is the international ramification, whether China is committing genocide or not?.

โ€œWhat kind of petition is this. What is going on? It seems you wanted to file a petition just to appear before this court. Nothing else,โ€ the bench said.

While dismissing the plea, the top court noted in its order, โ€œThe plea alleged that China is deliberately spreading COVID-19 as a biological weapon and the court should issue some order to the government. It is for the government to take action.โ€

โ€˜Canโ€™t Allowโ€ฆโ€™: Supreme Courtโ€™s Retort On Plea Alleging China โ€˜Spreadingโ€™ Covid

A bench comprising Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundresh dismissed the plea.Mumbau 

โ€œWe canโ€™t allow every person who thinks of some solution to the virus to come under Article 32 and file a petition. Nothing has prevented him from making suggestions to the appropriate authority. We do believe that he is here to get name in the press and we request the press not to oblige,โ€ the bench said.

The PIL filed by a Karnataka-based lawyer contended that virgin coconut oil can dissolve the virus and sought directions to the Central government to stop China from spreading the virus.

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