Delhi High Court had sought the Enforcement Directorate’s response on the maintainability of businessman Robert Vadra's petition asking for the money laundering case against him to be quashed.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which had questioned Vadra in the case, has raised an objection to the petition, saying there was willful suppression and no relief should be granted to him.

Solicitor-general Tushar Mehta, appearing for the ED and the Centre, said Vadra's petition is not maintainable and is an abuse of the process of law.

A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Vinod Goel asked the probe agency to file an affidavit regarding the maintainability of two separate but similar petitions by Vadra and his close aide Manoj Arora within two weeks.

The court listed the matter for further hearing on May 2.

The ED case relates to allegations of money laundering in the purchase of a London property at 12, Bryanston Square, worth 1.9 million pounds. It is allegedly owned by Vadra.

Vadra, represented by senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, has also sought that various provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, be declared unconstitutional.