New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the deaths of at least 20 children in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district reportedly caused by the consumption of contaminated cough syrup. A bench of Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai and justice K Vinod Chandran declined to entertain the public interest litigation (PIL) filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari, following objections raised by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta. Although Mehta was not formally representing any party in the case, he submitted that the issue did not warrant the Supreme Court's intervention since the state governments of Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu were already competent to deal with it. "I am not appearing in this case, but I can say with confidence that the states involved -- Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh, are capable of taking all effective steps," Mehta told the bench. He further remarked, that the PIL petitioner is known for filing cases based on newspaper reports. "Please ask him how many matters he has filed apart from PILs," he submitted. When the bench asked Tiwari about his record, he responded that he had filed eight to ten PILs so far. The court then summarily dismissed the plea. The tragedy in Chhindwara began when a number of children fell ill after being administered a cough syrup called Coldrif, manufactured by Sresan Pharma Pvt Ltd, a Tamil Nadu-based company. Within days, several developed acute renal failure, and 20 of them did not survive....