New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain Fortis Healthcare Limited's challenge to the Delhi High Court order directing a forensic audit in proceedings concerning Daiichi Sankyo's efforts to enforce its arbitral award against former Fortis promoters Malvinder Mohan Singh and Shivinder Mohan Singh.

A bench led by CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana clarified that the observations made by the High Court against Fortis were only tentative and were recorded to support the direction for a forensic audit. The bench said these observations would not affect or influence any other proceedings.

Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Fortis, submitted that the company was being subje...