Gupta has filed the petition seeking cancellation of Delhi chief minister's election in 2013 Assembly polls in which the court had asked him to file reply to AAP leader's application accusing him of filing unsigned affidavit in his plea.
Justice Vipin Sanghi, however, gave one more opportunity to Gupta, BJP MLA from Rohini constituency here, to file his response to Kejriwal's application by November 21.
It also warned the BJP leader that if he fails to file his response, it would allow Kejriwal's application seeking dismissal of Gupta's election petition.
It orally observed that Gupta was prolonging the proceedings because he has not removed the defect in an affidavit filed by him and which was pointed out way back in August 2015.
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The court has now fixed the matter for further hearing on November 24.
Gupta, who is also the Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, in his petition has sought that the election of Kejriwal in 2013 be declared as void as the AAP leader had exceeded the poll expense limit of Rs 14 lakh.
Kejriwal has said that the unsigned affidavit was noticed during Gupta's cross examination by a court of joint registrar, which in its order held that it was not an affidavit in the eyes of the law as it was unsigned and, hence, the petition was without any affidavit.
On September 26, 2014, the court had framed the issues to be decided on the election petition, saying it would decide whether the expenses incurred by Kejriwal in the 2013 Assembly elections were in contravention of the Representation of People Act and whether he had indulged in corrupt practices within the meaning of the Act.