New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Monday criticised the increasing number of foreigners overstaying in India, dismissing the plea of an Israeli man seeking custody of his two minor daughters and expressing concern over long-term illegal residents, Bar and Bench reported.

The Supreme Court dismissed a plea filed by an Israeli national claiming to be the father of two minor girls born to a Russian woman recently found living in a cave in Karnataka's Gokarna

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi rejected the petition filed by Dror Shlomo Goldstein, who claimed to be the father of two minor girls, seeking to prevent their deportation to Russia. The court described the litigation as a "publicity interest" and "frivolous....