India, Aug. 11 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with a a Calcutta High Court order that had denied interim relief to the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of the All India Trinamool Congress against the ED's decision to freeze three bank accounts of the party as part of a money-laundering probe.

A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and P B Varale said after perusing the records, it was satisfied that the high court had passed a "balanced" order.

"Upon perusing the records, including the impugned order, we are satisfied that the high court has passed a balanced order. The main writ petitions are pending consideration before the high court. Any discussions on merit will have a bearing on the pending writ petitions. As we are sat...