A city court today deferred till January 16 hearing on bail applications filed by Satyam's three disgraced executives including Ramalinga Raju, as also market regulator SEBI's plea for quizzing Raju.

Hearing on the bail plea will be taken up by the 6th Chief Metropolitan Magistrate on January 16, Raju's lawyer Bharat Kumar told reporters, adding that a team of 25 lawyers has been put together to defend Raju and others.