The Supreme Court on Friday, September 27 deferred hearing on a plea of Delhi chief minister Atishi and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal challenging the high court order refusing to quash a defamation case over their remarks on the alleged deletion of names of 30 lakh voters belonging to some communities from electoral rolls.

A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti noted the submission of senior advocate Sonia Mathur, appearing for BJP leader Rajiv Babbar, that her caveat was not mentioned in the office report and she could not file a response as the petition was served late evening on Thursday.

The bench listed the matter for hearing on Monday, September 30.