New Delhi, April 3 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday deprecated certain "scandalous" allegations made against Public Interest lawyer MC Mehta, whose various litigations have resulted in numerous landmark judgements and brought in social reforms, especially concerning the environment.

The said allegations were made by one Mukesh Singh who appeared as party-in-person and alleged that litigations over environmental issues such as banning firecrackers is nothing but a conspiracy brewed by foreign agencies.

A bench of Justices Abhay S Okay and Ujjal Bhuyan warned Singh of issuing contempt notice against him and termed his allegations as "scandalous" and "reckless".

"We deprecate such scandalous allegations. They are not at all bona fide. We ...