The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation that sought an enquiry into the death of Indian freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose.
Bose is believed to have died from burns he suffered during a plane crash in 1945 in Taiwan.
The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan orally observed that the issue of whether the Enquiry Commission constituted to probe into the death of Netaji was right or not, was a policy issue.
Noting that it was not for the Court to adjudicate on the validity of inference drawn by the Commission, the top court of the country told the petitioner to approach an appropriate forum.
The petitioner argued that there was no finality on the aspect of the death of Bose since there was no final conclusion drawn by the Khosla Commission of 1970 and the Shah Nawaz Commission of 1956 about the disappearance of Bose.
Bose did not die in the plane crash in 1945 and therefore, the Court may order an enquiry, said the plea.
The petitioner further sought a declaration from the Court that it was the Azad Hind Fauj led by Bose, which helped India in attaining independence from Britain in 1947.
The Bench said it was not an expert on the issue. This Court could not provide a solution for everything. It was not the job of the Court to run the government.
Noting that the petitioner was a political worker, the Apex Court told him to raise the issue in his party and dismissed the petition.