The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned for July 17 the hearing of a plea by jailed former Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik against the Bombay High Court's decision of adjourning the proceedings on his bail application in a money laundering case.

A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Bela M Trivedi and Ujjal Bhuyan posted the matter for further hearing after it was informed that senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who is representing Malik in the case, was not available.