India, Sept. 17 -- New Delhi

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking a fact-finding inquiry into conflicting accounts-provided by the police and media outlets-over the alleged use of lathis by Delhi Police against student protesters during the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led march towards the Parliament on July 20.

A bench of chief justice DK Upadhyaya and justice Tejas Karia held that the jurisdiction of a public interest litigation (PIL) is not intended to adjudicate disputes arising from conflicting versions of events and the petition did not involve public interest.

"All sorts of matters are filed. Everything that catches your imagination after reading the newspaper, you will file a petition? These high sound...