A Bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Abdesh Kumar Chaudhary said the petitioner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker S Vignesh Shishir, who hails from Karnataka, should have approached the High Court there.
"Upon perusal of the writ petition, the first thing that strikes us is that the petitioner is a permanent resident of Bengaluru.
In the cause title as well as in the affidavit, the petitioner shows his address as .. Bengaluru-560020.
In our view, the petitioner, being a resident of Bengaluru and raising an issue that is of national importance, should have first approached the Karnataka High Court, if he so desired," the Bench said.
The Court also said that facts of the case did not pertain to Uttar Pradesh.
A Bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Abdesh Kumar Chaudhary said the petitioner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker S Vignesh Shishir, who hails from Karnataka, should have approached the High Court there.
"Upon perusal of the writ petition, the first thing that strikes us is that the petitioner is a permanent resident of Bengaluru. In the cause title as well as in the affidavit, the petitioner shows his address as .. Bengaluru-560020. In our view, the petitioner, being a resident of Bengaluru and raising an issue that is of national importance, should have first approached the Karnataka High Court, if he so desired," the Bench said.
The Court also said that facts of the case did not pertain to Uttar Pradesh.
"In the present writ petition, we do not find anything specific to the State of Uttar Pradesh, and accordingly, we are of the view that the writ petition is not maintainable before this Court due to forum non conveniens."
