India, Jan. 16 -- The Delhi high court on Friday issued a notice on former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi's petition against a trial court's October 13 order framing charges against her in connection with the alleged irregularities in the leasing of two Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) hotels when her husband, Lalu Prasad Yadav, was the railway minister.

A bench of Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file its response to the petition and fixed January 19 as the next date of hearing. It would hear the plea of former Bihar deputy chief minister and Devi son, Tejaswi Yadav, against the October 13 order on the same day.

The two IRCTC hotels in Ranchi and Puri were leased to ...