Special CBI Judge Talwant Singh today told CBI prosecutor and the defence counsel that the matter would be heard on a day-to-day basis.
The CBI, which was scheduled to file its reply on a plea by Ramadoss who is seeking discharge in the corruption case on the ground that the charge sheet filed against him was "bad, illegal and an abuse of the process of law" and sanction for prosecution was not obtained, sought time to respond to the former Health Minister's plea.
Ramadoss has been charge sheeted by the CBI for allegedly abusing his official position in permitting Indore-based Index Medical College Hospital and Research Centre (IMCHRC) to admit students without having sufficient faculty members and clinical infrastructure in 2009.
Besides Ramadoss, the other nine accused are Cabinet Secretariat Director K V S Rao, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's (MHFW) Section Officer Sudershan Kumar and Dr J S Dhupia and Dr Dipendra Kumar Gupta of Safdarjung Hospital.
Accused Dr S K Tongia, former dean of IMCHRC, Medical Director of the college Dr K K Saxena as also Nitin Gothwal and Dr Pawan Bhambani are also named as accused.
Chairman of IMCHRC, Suresh Singh Bhadoria, is also an accused in the case. All the accused are out on bail. (More)
