The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to entertain a public interest litigation seeking merger of Delhi's neighbouring cities like Meerut, Faridabad and Gurugram with the national capital. The plea said these cities are far away from their respective jurisdictional high courts and therefore should be made part of Delhi, reported PTI.

The petitioner also said a new high court should be established for Punjab in Jalandhar as the present high court in the union territory of Chandigarh was inconvenient to access for those residing in places like Amritsar. A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan told the petitioner the reorganisation of the territories of states as well as establishment of high courts was not within the high court's domain.