New Delhi, April 17 -- The Supreme Court on Friday rejected Congress leader Pawan Khera's plea seeking to extend transit anticipatory bail, granted to him earlier by the Telangana High Court, till Tuesday on the ground of enabling him approach any jurisdictional court in Assam in the case where Khera is alleged to have made false allegations against the wife of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Atul S Chandurkar, however, clarified its earlier order in which it has stayed one week's transit anticipatory bail granted to Khera by the Telangana High Court to the extent that the same will not have any adverse influence on the jurisdictional court which would decide over Khera's plea.

The Court f...