<h1>Bihar Assembly election challenge over alleged Model Code of Conduct breach seeks annulment; SC refuses, directs state High Court to hear it</h1> Supreme Court refused to entertain a political party's petition seeking annulment of a State assembly election on grounds that pre-election transfers under a welfare scheme violated the Model Code of Conduct, and directed the party to approach the State High Court because the dispute is confined to a single State. The Court characterised the plea as a composite, statewide election petition and criticised use of litigation for post-election popularity. The petition alleged targeted transfers to women under a state employment grant just after the poll schedule was announced; the Court declined relief at the apex level and left substantive contest to the High Court.