New Delhi, July 4 -- The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea by HDFC Bank's managing director and chief executive, Sashidhar Jagdishan, seeking an urgent hearing on his petition to quash an FIR lodged against him by the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust, which runs Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital.

A bench comprising Justices PS Narasimha and R Mahadevan declined to intervene, noting that the Bombay High Court is already scheduled to hear the matter on 14 July.

The apex court said it did not wish to interfere with the high court's proceedings and asked it to hear the case on the fixed date.

"If you are not heard then come here. We sympathise that quash proceedings were initiated in June and bench after bench has recused. We understa...