India, Nov. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain a plea by a Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislator seeking the speedy disqualification of 10 rebel MLAs in West Bengal, and directed the petitioner to approach the Calcutta High Court instead for an expeditious decision.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi asked the high court to constitute a division bench to hear the petition as soon as it is filed.

"In our view, the appropriate recourse for the petitioner is to approach the Calcutta high court. We leave it to the petitioner to approach the high court. We request the chief justice of the Calcutta high court to list the matter before a division bench which shall decide th...