Adjourning the hearing to July 3, acting Chief Justice V M Sahai noted that whether the petitioner Nishant Verma's original application had been made within the stipulated time was a key issue.
The matter was adjourned after advocate K R Koshti, the petitioner's lawyer, sought more time for preparation. Koshti also said that his client wanted to engage a senior counsel to argue the case.
Before that, in June last year, a magistrate had dismissed Verma's application on the ground of delay in filing the application.
During the arguments today, Koshti said Modi left the column about 'spouse' blank in the affidavit when he filed nomination in the November 2012.
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To this, Justice Sahai said "if this (plea) is time-barred then the order of the courts (sessions and magisterial) is illegal and if it is not time-barred, then the case is over.