‘Won’t entertain this’: SC trashes plea seeking ban on roadshows during polls

The petition said that the roadshows and bike rallies violated EC’s instructions and caused damage to the environment.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea filed by a former top cop of Uttar Pradesh seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India to ban roadshows and bike rallies during Lok Sabha elections 2019 .

The Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea filed by a former top cop of Uttar Pradesh seeking a direction to the Election Commission to ban roadshows and bike rallies during elections. (HT file photo)

“We are not inclined to entertain this,” a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepka Gupta told advocate Virag Gupta, who was appearing for petitioners Vikram Singh and Shaivika Agrawal.

Singh, a former Director General of Police of Uttar Pradesh, said in his petition that the roadshows and bike rallies violate EC’s instructions and cause damage to the environment.