SC rejects PIL against political parties using national tricolour in their flags
A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and N V Anjaria declined to hear the petition filed by one Sanjay Bhimashankar Thobde, who appeared in person.
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The plea said certain political parties have been using flag designs closely resembling the
national tricolour
in their political campaigns, often replacing the Ashoka Chakra with party symbols.
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It also specifically named Congress, the
Nationalist Congress Party
(Sharad Pawar faction), and the Nationalist Congress Party.
The plea said this amounted to a violation of the
Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act
, 1971.
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"Since when are they doing it? Some parties have been doing it since independence," the bench said and rejected the plea.
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