India, July 22 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to initiate on its own motion and urgently list a petition alleging police excesses during the July 20 crackdown on 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, a lawyer said that the case concerned the Delhi Police's action against thousands of students who had marched towards Parliament as part of the "Chalo Sansad" protest called by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), demanding the resignation of Un...