The suspension row between Bhaichung Bhutia and Mohun Bagan drags on, with both the sides submitting written replies to the previous hearing's arguments in the presence of the AIFF-appointed arbitrator in New Delhi on Wednesday.
The written replies of the counsels of both the parties, on the two issues - Bhutia's plea for interim relief and the Kolkata club's contention that it was not an arbitration process - before former Additional Solicitor General Amarendra Sharan, were completed.
Sharan said he might give a judgment this weekend or early next week.
Sharan was appointed as arbitrator on September 3 and he issued notices to Mohun Bagan and Bhutia two days later.
During the hearings till Wednesday, Bhutia had moved an application pleading for an interim relief so that he can play for East Bengal while Mohun Bagan had contended that the proceedings before Sharan were a conciliatory process and not arbitration.
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