The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to interfere with the Jharkhand High Court order suspending Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's sentence and granting him bail after conviction in the fodder scam case.

A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and PB Varale refused to cancel Yadav's bail; however, it asked the High Court to expedite the hearing of the pending appeals, preferably within six months.