The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against a fresh FIR registered in 2020 by the Chhattisgarh Police to investigate the probability of a larger political conspiracy behind a Naxal attack that killed several senior Congress leaders in Bastar in 2013.
“We are not inclined to entertain the Special Leave Petition under Article 136 of the Constitution. The Special Leave Petition is accordingly dismissed,” a three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud.
The NIA had assailed an order of the Chhattisgarh High Court in March last year refusing to quash the FIR.