The Supreme Court on Friday deferred till September 5 hearing on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal`s pleas seeking bail and challenging the arrest by the CBI in the alleged Delhi excise policy case.

A bench of justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan allowed the CBI to file its counter affidavit in the matter and gave two days` time to Kejriwal to file a rejoinder.