NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea that sought to prevent the Bharatiya Janata Party from using lotus as its party symbol.
“You want name and fame for yourself. Look at the plea, what is the kind of relief claimed by you? Dismissed,” the apex court said.
The argument was made that since the lotus is India’s national flower, it should not be allocated as a symbol to any political party, as doing so would be “a disgrace to national integrity.”
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Prasanna B Varale noted that the plea appeared to be filed for publicity.
The SC was hearing an appeal filed by Jayant Vipat, challenging a Madras high court order that had dismissed his plea, stating it lacked merit.
Vipat argued that the BJP, as a political party, should not be entitled to the benefits provided to a registered political party under the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
The Madras HC had said earlier, “This court is of the considered opinion that trial court has properly considered all alleged grounds which have been raised by appellants and no illegality or perversity has been committed by trial court while passing the impugned order for dismissal of the civil suit on account of default of requisite court fees.”
“You want name and fame for yourself. Look at the plea, what is the kind of relief claimed by you? Dismissed,” the apex court said.
The argument was made that since the lotus is India’s national flower, it should not be allocated as a symbol to any political party, as doing so would be “a disgrace to national integrity.”
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Prasanna B Varale noted that the plea appeared to be filed for publicity.
The SC was hearing an appeal filed by Jayant Vipat, challenging a Madras high court order that had dismissed his plea, stating it lacked merit.
Vipat argued that the BJP, as a political party, should not be entitled to the benefits provided to a registered political party under the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
The Madras HC had said earlier, “This court is of the considered opinion that trial court has properly considered all alleged grounds which have been raised by appellants and no illegality or perversity has been committed by trial court while passing the impugned order for dismissal of the civil suit on account of default of requisite court fees.”