The Supreme Court will hear on October 26 a petition alleging that Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal has links with the underworld.
An appeal filed by M Furquan, a Delhi-based journalist, has alleged that funds for Jet Airways was given by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
He has also sought a CBI inquiry into the matter.
A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan refused to adjourn the matter by a week from the listed date of October 26 when Jet counsel Ankur Chawla mentioned that senior counsel Harish Salve was not available.
Salve had appeared for Jet in Bombay High Court on the same matter. The bench directed that the matter be listed as per the given date after petitioner's counsel opposed the adjournment.
Chawla argued the petitioner had not submitted documents related to