India, Oct. 28 -- A Delhi court on Monday sought a response from the CBI after former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and his wife Rabri Devi moved a plea seeking four weeks' time to prepare for the examination of witnesses in the alleged IRCTC scam case. Earlier, the court had framed charges against RJD chief Lalu Prasad and others under penal provisions of cheating and criminal conspiracy, besides under the Prevention of Corruption Act sections in the case. It had posted the matter to the stage of prosecution evidence, commencing with the examination of the formal witnesses on a day-to-day basis from October 27 to November 7.

During the proceedings, Special Judge Vishal Gogne noted that Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi, and M/S Lara Project ...