The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking an investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the Bharatiya Janata Party’s claim that the Indian National Congress created a toolkit to smear the country’s image, the Bar and Bench reported. In the case – Shashank Shekhar Jha v. Indian National Congress – advocate Shashank Shekhar Jha, the petitioner, asked that the alleged toolkit be investigated to see if it contains any evidence of a crime under section 120-B (Criminal Conspiracy) and other sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 13 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), as well as to secure the toolkit’s custody. The Court, on the other hand, made it clear that such tools are part of political propaganda, and that the petitioner can ignore them if he does not like them.
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