A bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said they could not go into orders passed by the poll panel unless these were specifically challenged. In the initial petition, the Silchar lawmaker had listed several complaints against the two leaders for their election speeches. After the Supreme Court got into the picture, the election commission fast-tracked the complaints that had been pending for weeks. On May 2, the Supreme Court also set a deadline for the election commission to clear the backlog of complaints against the PM. But the poll panel did not file any instance of poll code violation against PM Modi.

Source: Hindustan Times May 08, 2019 07:06 UTC