New Delhi, May 9 -- The Supreme Court on Friday extended its interim order staying the proceedings of the criminal defamation case against former Delhi Chief Ministers Atishi and Arvind Kejriwal over their remarks on the alleged deletion of voter names from the electoral roll in the national capital in 2018.

As Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajeev Babbar, who filed a complaint, had saught four more weeks to file a reply, a bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Rajesh Bindal adjourned the matter.

Earlier, the apex court had issued notice to Delhi Police and the complainant and sought their responses in the matter.

In the meanwhile, proceedings before the trial court will remain stayed in the defamation case, the apex court had said. ...