New Delhi, Feb. 24 -- The Delhi High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging a 1980 notification listing certain mosques in Jahangir Puri as Wakf properties, observing that courts cannot allow stale disputes to be revived on "flimsy grounds" or permit misuse of PIL jurisdiction.

The Division Bench headed by Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya held that the petition filed by Save India Foundation lacked bona fides and appeared to be an attempt to unnecessarily rake up settled issues after nearly 46 years.

The Court emphasised that the purity and purpose of public interest litigation must be preserved and not diluted by petitions filed for oblique motives.

The petitioner had challenged a notification issued ...