"The Supreme Court has many better things to do and we are not here to start laying guidelines on such issues," a bench, comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justices Shiva Kirti Singh and Amitava Roy, said.
The court however asked Chandralekha Sharma, a Guwahati resident claiming to be a victim of negligence at one of the beauty clinics, to continue with her pending plea at a consumer forum.
The PIL has said that strict law and guidelines were required as cosmetic/aesthetic clinics have been mushrooming and giving "misleading" advertisements to trap customers.
The plea also alleged that doctors at most of such clinics were incompetent.