The plea said certain political parties have been using flag designs closely resembling the national tricolour in their political campaigns, often replacing the Ashoka Chakra with party symbols.
It also specifically named Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction), and the Nationalist Congress Party.
The plea said this amounted to a violation of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971.
“Since when are they doing it? Some parties have been doing it since independence,” the bench said and rejected the plea. PTI SJK SJK AMK AMK
