India, July 20 -- The Calcutta high court on Monday declined to grant interim relief to the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) against the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) decision to freeze three of the party's bank accounts in a money laundering case linked to the alleged purchase of two aircraft using party funds.

"The bench of justice Krishna Rao declined to stay the debit freeze while hearing TMC's prayer for interim relief challenging the ED's action under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)," a lawyer who attended the hearing said, requesting anonymity.

Justice Rao pronounced the order 11 days after another high court bench headed by justice Saugata Bhattacharyya ruled on July 9 that the TMC could operate the th...