Supreme Court refuses CBI probe into UP ticket-sale allegations

On Tuesday a bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant told petitioner Swaraj Vahini Association to revive its pending representation before the Election Commission rather than get a CBI probe. The Allahabad High Court had already dismissed the same PIL on September 7, saying courts cannot be expected to order investigations into every sting operation on social media. (The Hindu)

• On Tuesday a bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant told petitioner Swaraj Vahini Association to revive its pending representation before the Election Commission rather than get a CBI probe.
• The Allahabad High Court had already dismissed the same PIL on September 7, saying courts cannot be expected to order investigations into every sting operation on social media.