New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday declined former Karnataka MP Prajwal Revanna’s request to transfer his sexual assault trial out of the Special MP/MLA Court in Bengaluru and held that the allegations of bias against the presiding judge were unfounded.

The Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said the remarks made by the trial judge in the earlier conviction order could not justify a finding of bias.

Chief Justice of India said that it would be wrong for anyone to assume that he could be browbeaten by commentary about court proceedings and added he was a very tough person.

The CJI termed people commenting on matters pending before the court and misinterpreting the questions posed by judges during hearings as a "concerted attempt" by "hyper-sensitive peo

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