New Delhi, April 2 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted a last opportunity to all respondents, including Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, to file their replies to the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) plea seeking expunging of adverse observations made against it in a trial court order in the Delhi excise policy case.

During the hearing, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma made it clear that no further adjournments would be granted. The court directed that if the respondents fail to file their replies by the next date of hearing, their right to reply will be closed, and the matter will proceed to arguments.

The High Court has now listed the case for further hearing on April 22.

The court's direction comes in the ED's petition challengi...