Greater Noida, Jan. 15 -- Listing the Transfer Application (TA) hearing in the Mohammad Ikhlaq lynching case for next week, a district court in Noida on Wednesday gave the defence a last chance to argue the matter.

"TA will be rejected if the proceedings are delayed any further," said Gautam Budh Nagar district judge Atul Shrivastava.

During the proceedings, the accused's counsel Dinesh Kumar told the court that he was seeking time for arguments since some certified copies related to the transfer of the case that he wanted to submit were incomplete.

The defence moved the TA on January 8. The same day, it also filed a revision application before the Allahabad High Court against a fast-track court (FTC)'s December 23 order rejecting the ...