Justice Sanjeev Khanna after hearing Nanda's plea summoned the trial court records of the case and slated the matter for Sep 28.

Nanda, son of former navy chief S.M. Nanda, is accused of receiving Rs.4 million ($99,943.82) in kickbacks after a deal to purchase Israeli Barak missiles was signed during the then Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) rule.

The $100 million (Rs.3.9 billion) deal had come under the scanner after it was alleged that then defence minister George Fernandes had overruled, at the behest of Suresh Nanda, the opinion of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) that it could develop a system similar to the Barak.