The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a probe into allegations made by US-based short-seller Viceroy Research LLC against Vedanta group companies, questioning why foreign entities were so invested in India’s internal regulatory matters.

A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and A S Chandurkar dismissed the PIL filed by advocate Shakti Bhatia as withdrawn after senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for the petitioner, sought permission to withdraw it.

“Why are these companies outside India so concerned about how we conduct our affairs and under what law?” the bench asked during the hearing.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Union government, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

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