New Delhi, Dec. 29 -- The Supreme Court will hear today a plea by the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) challenging the Delhi High Court order suspending the life sentence of expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case.

According to the cause list, a three-judge vacation bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices JK Maheshwari and Augustine George Masih is likely to hear the matter, news agency PTI reported.

The top court would also hear a separate petition filed by advocates Anjale Patel and Pooja Shilpkar, which has challenged the high court order and has sought a stay on it.

The CBI, in its appeal before the apex court, referred to its verdict in the L K Advani case in which ...