Dr. S. Muralidhar, J.

1. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, described as a Public Interest Litigation (‘PIL’) has been filed by Dr. Subramanian Swamy (Petitioner No.1) and Mr. Ishkaran Singh Bhandari (Petitioner No.2) praying for the following reliefs:

“(A) Issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, for a court monitored investigation by constituting a multi-disciplinary SIT consisting of Intelligence Bureau, Enforcement Directorate, RAW, Delhi Police and headed by CBI in the murder case of Late Sunanda Pushkar.

(B) In the alternative to prayer ‘A’ above, call for a time bound CBI investigation and

(C) Pass any other and further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper under the facts and circumstances of this case.”

2. Although notice was not formally issued in this petition even on the first date of its hearing, i.e. 12th July 2017, counsel appeared on behalf of all three respondents, i.e. Delhi Police (Respondent No.1), Ministry of Home Affairs (‘MHA’) (Respondent No.2) and Central Bureau of Investigation (‘CBI’) (Respondent No.3).

3. The principal grievance in this petition is that the investigation by Respondent No.1, Delhi Police, i