Reliance has been fighting against market watchdog Sebi in the insider-trading case and the regulator's exclusion of the company from the consent mechanism.
Since Reliance senior counsel Janak Dwarkadas could not be present in the courtroom due to a medical emergency, the company sought adjournment, following which the tribunal agreed to hear the matter on April 16.
SAT has been hearing the seven-year-old case of alleged insider trading arising from the merger of Reliance Petroleum with RIL in 2007.
During the previous hearing on February 24, the tribunal had sought clarifications from Sebi on the impact of the new consent mechanism norms in the ongoing case against Reliance.
SAT presiding officer JP Devadhar had asked Sebi senior lawyer Darius Khambata to give the regulator's stance on the effect of the new regulations, which came into force with retrospective effect from April 2007.
Sebi had notified the new consent norms on January 9, after issuing the draft consent norms in May 2012.
The consent mechanism allows companies and individuals to settle disputes with Sebi by paying a sum without admission or denial of the alleged wrongdoing and by repaying any ill-gotten
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