New Delhi, June 18 -- The Calcutta High Court on 18 June refused any interim order on the West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose's decision to appoint breakaway TMC group MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of Opposition.

TMC MLA Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay had moved the court, challenging the rejection of his nomination for the post and the appointment of Banerjee as the Leader of Opposition by the Speaker.

Justice Krishna Rao, refusing any interim order on the Speaker's decision as prayed for by Chattopadhyay, directed that the matter would appear for hearing again on July 28.

The court directed the respondents in the petition to file affidavits within three weeks.

The petitioner will have the opportunity to reply to the affidavit...