Chandigarh, July 8 -- Senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia, who is currently in 14-day judicial custody, has been granted three weeks by the Punjab and Haryana High Court to amend his petition challenging his arrest.

During the hearing of his bail application on Tuesday, Majithia's counsel requested the court for additional time to revise the petition. The High Court accepted the plea and granted three weeks for the amendment. The case will now be heard on July 29.

Majithia was recently arrested in a case related to disproportionate assets.

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau took the former Punjab minister into custody on June 25, in a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act, after conducting searches at his house...