India, Aug. 13 -- The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday refused an urgent hearing of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's personal assistant Sumit Roy, who sought protection from coercive action in connection with some cases registered against him.

The Supreme Court and the High Court had earlier granted relief to Roy in alleged land-grabbing and cash-for-jobs scam cases, respectively.

Refusing an urgent listing of the matter for hearing, Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya said that upgrading Roy's petition was not possible as numerous similar pleas were pending before the court, and his petition will appear according to the listing serial.

Roy's lawyer stated that the Supreme Court had granted him anticipatory bail and he was meeting the investigatin...