The apex court bench, which also included Justices G.S. Singhvi and Aftab Alam, upheld the high court ruling while dismissing Anand's lawsuit against it.

The bench also approved of the sting operation conducted by television news channel NDTV, which showed Anand trying to forge nexus with Khan to derail the BMW case trial.

The bench dismissed Anand's contention that he had been held guilty by the high court due to media trial.

Six people, including three policemen, were crushed to death by a BMW car driven by Sanjeev Nanda in an inebriated state on Lodhi Road in the early hours of Jan 10, 1999.