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Chief Justice of India Surya Kant connected Friday (February 20, 2026) deprecated the inclination of filing petitions to usage the Supreme Court arsenic a level to “embarrass” State governments up of important Assembly elections.
The Chief Justice, heading a three-judge Bench, said petitions filed by backstage parties and NGOs are designed to enactment State governments successful a choky spot. In the process, the petitioners resistance the Supreme Court into the governmental pell-mell.
Chief Justice Kant said the petitions rise informing bells successful the court, arsenic their timings, usually erstwhile the timepiece is ticking towards an election, are “usually suspect”.
The tribunal was proceeding a petition filed by an NGO, Human Rights Foundation, connected the installation of PVC flexboards successful the State of Kerala, wherever elections are owed successful 2026.
“The occupation is radical person started warring governmental battles successful the Supreme Court, whether it is Kerala oregon ‘A’ State oregon ‘B’ State. All this is to embarrass the State governments. To make immoderate hard situations for them,” Chief Justice Kant observed.
The CJI said specified petitions were meant arsenic an “impediment to predetermination campaigning”.
“The timing of specified petitions is suspect. Now see, the Kerala elections are coming, petitions are filed to restrain the State from doing this, restrain State from doing that… How galore States bash you privation america to restrain? The occupation is radical person started warring governmental battles successful the Supreme Court, whether it is Kerala oregon ‘A’ State oregon ‘B’ State,” Chief Justice Kant voiced the court’s skepticism.
The tribunal said it was conscious of its relation and would not walk orders successful specified matters unless the request for judicial involution was imperative.
The counsel for the NGO said determination were continuing violations contempt repeated interventions by the Kerala High Court.
The High Court had precocious directed the Kerala authorities to guarantee that its assorted restrictive orders regarding the indiscriminate usage of PVC flexes had to beryllium complied with strictly.
The State authorities had submitted successful the High Court that it had already issued respective orders, guidelines and circulars banning 100% PVC flex for advertisement purposes successful nationalist places and insisting that polyethylene recyclable banners certified by the Pollution Control Board arsenic PVC-free and with recyclable logo, printing portion sanction and certificate number/QR codification from the PCB should beryllium used.
The State authorities had further submitted that the Kerala Municipality (Establishment of Arches and Advertising Boards connected Public Streets and Public Places) Rules 1999 provided capable restrictive measures successful the substance of erecting advertisement boards.
The apex court, connected Friday (February 20, 2026), refused to entertain the NGO’s petition portion granting it liberty to attack the Kerala High Court.
