New Delhi/IBNS, April 21 -- The Supreme Court on Monday rebuked a petitioner, who sought a court-monitored probe into the violent anti-Waqf Act protests in West Bengal's Murshidabad, over irresponsible averments in the plea, media reports said.

A top court bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh told advocate Shashank Shekhar Jha, the petitioner, to be responsible in writing averments in a petition.

When advocate Jha referred to "media reports" on being asked about the source of information about migration of people to other states due to the violence, Justice Kant was infuriated.

The court has allowed advocate Jha to file a fresh petition with "better and appropriate particulars" dismissing the previous plea as withd...