India, June 19 -- The Calcutta High Court on Thursday 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 legislator Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay 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 as prayed for by Chattopadhyay on the Speaker's decision, directed that the matter would appear for hearing again on July 28.

With the budget session of the state assembly commencing on Thursday, and scheduled to conclude business on June 25, the court's refusal to intervene in the ...