India, April 30 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted a last opportunity to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Durgesh Pathak, and four other people to file their reply in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)'s appeal against the trial court's order discharging them in the excise policy case.

A bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma asked them to file their response by Saturday, even as Kejriwal, Sisodia, and Pathak had written letters to Justice Sharma saying that they would boycott the hearing.

"One more last opportunity granted to file the reply, by Saturday, I will start hearing the matter on Monday," the court said.

On Monday, Kejriwal, the former Delhi chief minister, wrote to the judge s...