Nueva Delhi: The Supreme Court dismissed on Wednesday a Pil that seeks investigation into alleged Honeytrap operations in Karnataka, qualifying it as “political nonsense.” A bank from three judges rejected the petition presented by activist Binay Singh, a resident of Jharkhand. Singh had sought an investigation monitored by the Court or an investigation led by a retired SC judge. The Superior Court questioned the relevance of the plea, asking: “You are a resident of Jharkhand. Why do you worry what is happening in that state? They are competent enough to take care of this.” The petitioner’s lawyer, Barun Kumar Sinha, argued that the accusations were serious and represented a threat to Judicial independence. “We are concerned about the independence of the Judiciary,” said the lawyer. Sinha argued that the media reports on the matter deserved thorough investigation. But SC was not convinced. “Why should they fall into a honey trap? If someone establishes a honey trap and you fall into it, you are inviting problems to yourself,” he observed, adding that the Judiciary had more pressing concerns than political disputes. KN RAJANNA Cooperation Minister On March 20 he had affirmed that there had been attempts to “Honey -Trap” and that at least 48 politicians in all parties had fallen dams from similar schemes. “People say there is a CD (compact disc) and a pen impulse factory in Karnataka. I have learned that there are CDs and 48 people’s pen units. This network extends through India and that several ministers of the Union were also trapped,” said Rajanna.
