LUCKNOW, June 3 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Tuesday disposed of a writ petition filed by BJP activist Vignesh Shishir, seeking a CBI and ED probe into the alleged funding of the Cockroach Janta Party on the ground of jurisdiction.

The court, however, allowed the petitioner to file a fresh criminal public interest writ petition before a court having competent jurisdiction. A division bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary passed the order.

"Upon perusal of the writ petition, the first thing that strikes us is that the petitioner is a permanent resident of Bengaluru," the court said.

"In our view, the petitioner, being a resident of Bengaluru and raising an issue of national importanc...