NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday in its order rejected a PIL seeking a CBI probe into the alleged deaths of children in Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan after consumption of toxic cough syrup , after finding no merit in the plea.

"Sorry, we are not inclined to hear the matter," said, a bench of the top court, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai.

During the course of the hearing on Friday, advocate petitioner Vishal Tiwari told the apex court that it was a very serious matter involving the death of children and yet no proper lab test or clinical trial has been conducted. Tiwari said that this is not the first instance of such adulterated medicine being sold freely and causing fatalities and that a CBI probe is necessary to investigate the matter at a time w

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