The Supreme Court on Friday refused BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's plea to transfer an election petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee outside the State.
A Bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud told Mr. Adhikari, who is the Opposition Leader in the State Assembly, that it will "not allow this choice of High Courts".
When Mr. Adhikari's lawyer, senior counsel Harish Salve, voiced apprehensions about the hostile atmosphere created whenever the case came up for hearing, the apex court said "judges have broad shoulders and have power under the law to deal with these situations".
