India, July 30 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to defer Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's trial in the land-for-jobs case. It said his petition before the Delhi high court challenging the summons against him will not become "infructuous" if the trial court frames charges against him.

On July 18, the Supreme Court refused to stay the trial in a Delhi court even as it exempted him from appearing before it. In his fresh plea heard on Wednesday, Yadav sought deferment of trial until August 12, when the high court will examine his petition challenging the summons issued to him in the case the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered against him in 2022.

Land was allegedly gifted or transferred to Yadav's family...