By Admin 
The Supreme Court on Friday (February 6, 2026) has refused to hear the petition of Prashant Kishor’s Jansuraj Party, in which the Bihar elections were challenged. Chief Justice Surya Kant told the petitioner in a strict tone that if people did not vote for you, then you came to the court for popularity. CJI has also said that if this party is in power then it will also do the same. The court said that the entire election has been challenged in the petition, on which it cannot hear.
According to the report of Live Law, the bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi has told the petitioner that he can raise this issue in the High Court. The bench said that in the writ petition of the petitioner, challenging the entire election, a comprehensive order has been sought to cancel it. The court said that the petition should contain proper allegations against every candidate related to corruption in the election process and the right way to do this is to file petitions for every constituency.
The CJI reprimanded the petitioner and asked, ‘How many votes did your party get? If people rejected you, you came to court to gain popularity. The CJI also said that the petitioner should have challenged the free schemes. On this the petitioner said that the issue of Chief Minister Women Employment Scheme has been raised in the petition, it can be considered.
Senior advocate Chander Uday Singh appeared in the court on behalf of Jan Suraj Party, he said that the model code of conduct has been violated in Bihar elections. Despite the implementation of the code of conduct, Rs 10,000 each were transferred to the accounts of 25-35 lakh women. The scheme was announced just before the elections. The petition demanded that the Election Commission be directed to set a time limit of at least six months for the ruling party to launch such schemes as such schemes can influence the elections.
On this argument, the CJI said that the petitioner has challenged the elections and not the scheme and has demanded its cancellation and re-election. CJI said, ‘We are already looking seriously at the issue of freebies. We would also like to consider this issue, but not at the behest of the party which has lost the elections and still wants that… if this party comes to power, it will also do the same.
The court told the petitioner that he can appeal in the High Court, he can consider it, this is not an issue of the entire country. The petitioner had filed a writ petition under Article 32 seeking a declaration that transferring money to the accounts of lakhs of women voters during the Code of Conduct is a violation of Articles 14, 21, 112, 202 and 324 of the Constitution.