India, Nov. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan's plea challenging his arrest in a fresh money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and urged the Allahabad high court to hear the matter on November 16.

"The high court has been granting you liberty at every stage. We do not want to bypass the high court," a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and justice Joymalya Bagchi said.

Khan was arrested on October 31 in the money laundering case, shortly after he and his son Abdullah Azam Khan were released from Rampur prison in Uttar Pradesh in an alleged dual PAN card case. The latest case pertains to alleged misuse of government funds in the construction...