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Delhi HC will hear Hindujas' plea on Feb 14

Onkar Singh in New Delhi

The Hinduja brothers' plea for an urgent hearing of their application was not entertained by the Delhi high court on Monday.

The brothers had moved an application on Saturday challenging the CBI special court's order restraining them from going abroad in the Bofors payoffs case.

Justice S K Aggarwal of the high court, who heard the petition briefly on Monday, issued notices to the Central Bureau of Investigation, and directed it to reply within one week. The judge also fixed February 14 as the next date for hearing the application.

Noted advocate Kapil Sibal appeared for the Hindujas and requested a hearing at an appropriate time.

However, another advocate, Rajendar Singh argued that the petition needs to be heard on an urgent basis, as his clients were losing huge sums of money almost every day because of their continued stay in India.

However, the judge refused to grant any stay on the lower court's order and asked them to come back on February 14.

He also remarked, "Normally I would give a date in May, but I am still willing to hear it an early date." The whole matter did not last more than five minutes.

The Hinduja brothers were not present in the court when the matter was being heard.

The CBI has to reply on the following grounds: one, why Judge Ajit Bharihoke's conditional bail order, which makes it compulsory for the brothers to seek the permission of the trial court before leaving India, should not be modified; and two, why the lower court order should not be stayed, which will then allow the brothers to leave the country; and three, why the CBI should not withdraw the lookout notices issued against them internationally.

The CBI accepted the notice in court itself.

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