The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking that a Special Investigation Team be formed to look into allegations raised by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi about electoral roll manipulation in the Bengaluru Central parliamentary constituency, The Indian Express reported.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi asked the petitioner, Rohit Pandey, to pursue the matter before the Election Commission instead, Live Law reported. In response, the counsel for the petitioner said that a representation had been submitted to the poll panel but no action had been taken yet.

The bench, however, refused to entertain the matter and disposed of it.

“We have heard the petitioner’s counsel,” Live Law quoted the bench as saying. “We are not inclined to entertain t

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