The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a probe into allegations made by US-based short-seller Viceroy Research LLC against Vedanta Limited, Hindustan Zinc Limited, Vedanta Resources Limited and related entities.

A bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice AS Chandurkar allowed the petitioner, one Shakti Bhatia, to withdraw the petition after expressing that it was not inclined to entertain the matter.

In the petition, Bhatia had sought a thorough investigation by SEBI, RBI and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs into the affairs of Vedanta Limited, Hindustan Zinc Limited and Vedanta Resources Limited along with their sister concerns.

The petition referred to a research report published on July 9, 2025, by Delaware-based investigative

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