The Supreme Court recently dismissed a writ petition seeking CBI/SIT probe into bridge collapses across India and effective implementation of the Disaster Management Act, 2005.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta heard the matter. The bench acknowledged the petitioner's efforts in preparing and arguing his case, but observed that the Supreme Court was not the right platform for the reliefs he was seeking.

During the hearing, the petitioner, one Nitish Kumar, raised contentions regarding poor implementation of the Disaster Management Act as well as holding of elections/voting in disaster-struck states. He submitted that there was no accountability regarding bridge collapse incidents.

The plea was filed stating that continuous failure to implement the Disaster Management A

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