Srinagar, March 8 -- The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned to April 4 the hearing on a plea filed by the CBI to transfer trial against jailed JKLF chief Yasin Malik and other co-accused in two cases from Jammu and Kashmir to Delhi.

A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan deferred the matter as Solicitor General Tushar Mehta was not available.

During the hearing, Malik appeared before the court through video-conferencing.

He requested the court to post the matter after Ramzan to which the bench agreed.

The top court had earlier directed Malik to appear before it through video-conferencing on March 7

It was informed that the Jammu sessions court was "well-equipped" with the video-conferencing system enabling the virtual examinat...