What if the court refuses to apply for court investigation and evidence collection?

Some netizens asked: evidence of a civil case and another criminal case needs to be applied to the court for investigation and evidence collection. Can the court refuse? What should the parties do if they are rejected by the court? Lawyer Zhang Feng of Hebei Ming Jie Law Firm believes that according to Articles 17, 18 and 19 of Several Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Evidence in Civil Litigation, the parties and their agents ad litem may apply to the people's court for investigation and collection of relevant evidence according to law, but not later than seven days before the expiration of the time limit for adducing evidence. Whether to approve or not shall be decided by the people's court according to the circumstances of the case. If the people's court refuses to grant the application of the parties and their agents ad litem, it shall serve a notice of refusal to investigate and collect evidence on the parties and their agents ad litem. The parties and their agents ad litem may, within three days from the day after receiving the notice, apply in writing to the people's court that accepted the application for reconsideration. The people's court shall make a reply within five days from the date of receiving the application for reconsideration.