New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- Advocate Bhaskar Upadhyay, counsel for actor Rajpal Yadav, on Wednesday described the hearing in the actor's cheque-bounce case in the Supreme Court as a "huge relief" after the apex court agreed to hear the matter on its "merits".

While talking to the media after the hearing in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Advocate Bhaskar Upadhyay said, "We had already complied with a significant portion of what the court had required of us today. Some payments remained pending. We will make those payments, and subsequently, the case will be heard on its merits."

He added, "We have complied with a substantial part of the requirements... Rajpal Yadav explained to the court what happened to him, how a sum of Rs 5 crore consumed h...