New Delhi, June 20 -- The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Delhi High Court to decide expeditiously the bail plea of Dewan Housing Finance Ltd's former promoter Kapil Wadhawan in the multi-crore bank fraud case investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

A vacation bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Manmohan asked the High Court to decide Wadhawan's plea within two weeks.

The bench noted that Wadhawan was in custody since July 2022 and his bail plea was coming up for hearing on July 18 in the High Court.

Wadhawan has approached the apex court seeking expeditious disposal of his petition saying his bail petition had been adjourned several times.

The top court was informed about Wadhawan's long custody period aside from ...