New Delhi: The Supreme Court today (Nov 25, 2004) dismissed a PIL (Public Interest Litigation) seeking transfer of the probe into the murder case against Kanchi Seer Shankaracharya to CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation).

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The petition filed by former Rajya Sabha MP of BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party), B P Singhal was dismissed by a Bench headed by Chief Justice R C Lahoti on the ground that the petitioner had no locus standi to "invoke extraordinary jurisdicition of the court".

The Court said the petitioner has not even filed the copy of the FIR (First Information Report) in the case against Shankaracharya, which could have enabled the Bench to formulate an opinion regarding the fairness of the investigation.

Neither any document has been annexed to the petition nor any effort has been made by the petitioner to verify facts. On the contrary, the petitioner has alleged that he was not seeking any relief for Shankaracharya, the order, delivered in a packed courtroom, said.

The petitioner has also not been joined by any of the accused persons in the Sankaraman murder case, in which Shankaracharya is an accused, casting a doubt on the locus standi of the petitioner.