The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea for a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the allegations raised by Leader of Opposition-Rahul Gandhi, regarding large-scale voters list manipulation in the Bengaluru Central constituency during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

At the outset, the bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi told the petitioner to pursue the matter before the Election Commission of India. The petitioner's counsel replied that representation has already been submitted before the Election Commission of India, which has not yet take any action.

The bench however refused to entertain the matter and disposed it of, observing that the petitioner 'may' pursue the matter before the ECI. Though the counsel sought for fixing a timelimit for the ECI to

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