New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain a plea by Abhinav Bharat Congress seeking to create an international task force to look into the origin of the COVID-19 virus and the extent to which it was responsible for deaths during the second wave.
The bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Hima Kohli asked the petitioner to withdraw the plea saying that they don't have the jurisdiction to do so.
"We will rather focus on managing pandemic in our country than delving into conspiracy theories involving other nations... we have no jurisdiction over Chinese or American citizens," said Justice Chandrachud.
The Court said that there is government for such representations and they should be approaching them. The petition had cited a report by Chief Economic Advisor to the Indian government who had apprehended a war like situation as 3.9 million people were killed during the second wave in India. Praying for directions to the Centre on tracking a third wave, the petitioner had contended that the Wuhan-originated virus had led to the pandemic and should be investigated internationally. The Court refused to entertain the plea and asked the petitioner to withdraw and approach the government.
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