India, Aug. 18 -- The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) parliamentarian Sanjay Singh's petition challenging the Uttar Pradesh government's decision to close down 105 primary schools, observing that the matter ought to be raised before the Allahabad high court in the first instance.

A bench of justices Dipankar Datta and AG Masih said that since Singh was seeking enforcement of rights under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act), the proper course would be to approach the jurisdictional high court under Article 226 of the Constitution rather than invoking the Supreme Court's powers directly under Article 32.

Senior counsel Kapil Sibal, appearing for Singh, argued: "Thes...