New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea by three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators seeking prosecution of Karnataka Energy minister KJ George over alleged irregularities in the allocation of a Rs.4,985-crore smart electricity meter tender, upholding a Karnataka high court order that had quashed the case.

A bench of justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran refused to entertain the appeal filed by three BJP legislators - CN Ashwathnarayan, SR Vishwanath and Dheeraj Muniraj - to revive their complaint before a Bengaluru court after the Karnataka high court quashed the case, finding no merit in the allegations in December 2025.

"Having heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and having go...