New Delhi
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned for Wednesday a plea of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy seeking impleadment in a case filed against an Enforcement Directorate officer probing the Aircel-Maxis deal.

A vacation bench of Justices Arun Mishra and SK Kaul directed Swamy to serve the copy of his application to petitioner Rajneesh Kapur who has filed the case against ED officer Rajeshwar Singh.

The bench also asked Kapur to be present on Wednesday during the hearing of the case.

During the hearing on Tuesday, the court found neither Kapur nor his counsel present and asked Swamy whether the copy of the application was served upon him (Kapur) or not.

Swamy replied that they had served the copy but no one had appeared on behalf of the petitioner.

“Then we will take up the matter tomorrow and you serve the copy of application and even personally inform him for appearing tomorrow,” the bench said.

The top court said it would also take up for hearing on Wednesday the contempt petition filed by Rajeshwar Singh, who had sought initiation of contempt proceedings as attempts had been made to thwart the ongoing investigation in the Aircel-Maxis case.

In his petition, Kapur has alleged that Singh, the investigating officer in the Aircel-Maxis case, has amassed disproportionate assets beyond the known sources of his income.

Swamy, who had earlier moved the apex court for expeditious probe in the Aircel-Maxis case, has sought the court’s direction for making himself a party in the plea filed by Kapur against the ED official.