New Delhi, July 23 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to initiate on its own motion and urgently list a petition alleging police excesses during the July 20 police action against student protesters in the national capital, with Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant telling the petitioner not to "waste" the court's time by submitting videos and instead take proper recourse in law.

The matter was mentioned before a bench, headed by the CJI, at the commencement of proceedings.

Seeking suo motu proceedings, advocate Narendra Mishra said that the case concerned the Delhi Police's action against thousands of students who had attempted to march towards Parliament as part of the "Chalo Sansad" protest called by the Cockroach Janata Pa...