India, Sept. 21 -- The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking registration of an FIR and a probe by an SIT or the CBI into the purported discovery of a large stash of cash following a fire at the residence of former Delhi High Court judge Yashwant Varma.

Justice Amit Bansal termed the petition a "wild witch hunt" and said the petitioner, lawyer Ghanshyam Upadhyay, had alternative remedies available under law.

"I'm not entertaining this. This is a wild witch hunt. You have nothing better to do?" the judge remarked during the hearing.

The court also questioned Upadhyay's locus and asked why he had not approached the trial court with his request for registration of an FIR.

The petitioner argued that the incident w...