SC refuses plea seeking Centre to approach ICJ against China for Covid-19

The plea, filed by Madurai resident K K Ramesh, had alleged that Covid-19 has been "deliberately created by China as biological weapon against India"

The Supreme Court Thursday refused to entertain a plea seeking direction to the Centre to approach the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and file a USD 600 billion compensation case against China, alleging that the Covid-19 pandemic was "deliberately created" by it.

A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and A S Bopanna said it would not entertain PIL which claimed there was strong evidence that coronavirus or Covid-19, which has "destroyed" the Indian economy and killed hundreds of it citizens, originated from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Advocate C R Jaya Sukin, appearing for