Chandigarh, Nov 7 (PTI) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday dismissed former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's plea seeking postponement of trial proceedings in the decade-old Manesar land deal case.

Hooda, who was Haryana chief minister between 2005-2014, had sought quashing of the Panchkula CBI court's September 19 order dismissing his application for postponing the process of framing of charges.

The CBI court had fixed the date for the process of framing of charges from October 30, but Hooda had challenged the trial court order in the high court.

Over seven years ago, Hooda and 33 others had been named in a charge sheet by the CBI in a case of alleged corruption in Manesar land deals worth over Rs 1,500 crore, in which around 200 farmers were allegedly cheated.

The CBI

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