New Delhi, July 30 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to defer the ongoing hearing on the framing of charges by the trial court in the land-for-jobs case against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav.

A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh said that the framing of charges will not render the pending High Court petition infructuous.

During the hearing of the case, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the investigating agency, opposed Yadav's plea.

He also sought imposition of costs on Yadav for filing the application, but the court did not impose any costs.

On July 18, the apex court had refused to stay the trial proceedings in the case while hearing Yadav's petition challenging the Delh...