A Delhi court has fixed the hearing in the additional spectrum case for February 20next year.

Bharti Cellular CMD Sunil Mittal, Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia and others are accused in the case related to NDA regime

Special CBI Judge O P Saini adjourned the proceedings on Monday in the wake of stay granted by the Supreme Court on separate pleas filed by Mittal and Ruia challenging the March 19 order of the trial court summoning them as accused in the case.

The hearing in the case was stayed April 26 this year by the Supreme Court which said that proceedings in the trial court would remain "postponed" until further orders.

Telecom Secretary Shyamal Ghosh, who is also an accused in the case, appeared before the court while Mittal and Ruia did not appear before it.