The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea filed by former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh challenging a Calcutta High Court order rejecting his petition to be added as a party to a case of alleged financial irregularities at the hospital.

The bench of Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said as an accused, Ghosh has no locus standi to be impleaded in the matter.

“You were the principal of the college when the incident took place. As an accused you have no locus (standi) to intervene in the PIL, where Calcutta High Court is monitoring the investigation,” the bench said.

The high court had on August 23 transferred the probe into the alleged financial irregularities from a special investigation team (SIT) set up by the state government to the CBI.

Senior advocate Meenakshi Arora, appearing for Ghosh, said he was not objecting to the CBI inquiry but was aggrieved at certain adverse remarks made by the high court.

Solicitor-general Tushar Mehta, appearing for the CBI, said an accused could not direct the manner in which the probe should proceed.

“Let us not stultify the investigation. We are also asking the CBI to file status reports before us,” the bench said while dismissing the plea.