The Bombay High Court has refused to take up for urgent hearing a plea filed by Deepak Kochhar, businessman and husband of former Chief Executive Officer of ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar, seeking to quash proceedings initiated against him by the ED in an alleged money laundering case.

Deepak Kochchar, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in September last year, had sought an urgent hearing in his plea claiming the trial court is likely to frame charges against him on October 1.