India, Sept. 7 -- The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking the registration of an FIR against spiritual leader Rambhadracharya over his alleged objectionable remarks about the Upadhyay community and revered religious personalities, including the Shankaracharyas.

A two-judge bench comprising Justices Chandra Dhari Singh and Tarun Saxena observed that a person aggrieved by the non-registration of an FIR must ordinarily first exhaust the statutory remedies available under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) prior to invoking the high court's extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226. In its order dated September 1, the court dismissed the writ petition filed by Ramesh Upadhyay of Varanasi. However, he was ...