NEW DELHI, 5 DEC 

The Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea filed by Swamy Shraddananda, who is undergoing imprisonment for killing his wife, seeking a review of the verdict which directed that he should remain in prison for life.

A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi asked the petitioner on Friday to approach the Karnataka government.

Advocate Varun Thakur, appearing for the petitioner, then withdrew the plea, and the matter was dismissed.

Shraddananda, 84, alias Murali Manohar Mishra, whose wife Shakereh was the granddaughter of Sir Mirza Ismail, a former diwan of the princely state of Mysore, had sought a review of the July 2008 verdict of a three-judge SC bench.

The apex court had last year refused a plea by Shraddananda seeking a review of the verdict, which directed he should remain in prison for the rest of his life.

On 11 September last year, the apex court had dismissed a writ petition filed by Shraddananda seeking release. He had sought relief, arguing that nothing adverse had been reported against him during his stay in jail.