New Delhi: The Supreme Court issued a notice to the CBI on Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad Yadav’s petition for bail on Friday November 29.

He is currently in jail following his conviction in a fodder scam case in which around 44 people were convicted in the case, of which 37 have already been granted bail and bail applications of six others are under consideration.

The apex court benched by Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi issued notice after senior counsel Ram Jethmalani told the court that except for Lalu Prasad, no other convict has been refused bail.

He argued saying, “Another convict who too has been awarded five years imprisonment has also been released on bail.

The court which is still hearing appeals of 1999-2000, questioned the position of the Jharkhand High Court in respect of the pendency of the matter. Upon this, the court said that the notice is returnable in two weeks and directed the listing of matter Dec 13.