Justice M Venugopal granted the extension after hearing the CB-CID submission today, seeking more time as the probe was in the final stages and they were zeroing in on the assailants.
CB-CID ADSP Aravindan, who appeared in court today, said they had come to a decisive conclusion as to who were the accused in the murder of Ramajeyam and action was being taken to arrest them.
The agency sought three months time but the judge granted them two months and asked them to complete the probe in that period.
The Judge passed the order on the petition by Ramajeyam's wife Latha to transfer the case to CBI for investigation.
On December 18 last year, Tamil Nady police had filed a report in the Court here on the progress of the probe into the murder and sought three more months to complete it.
CB-CID, which had been asked to speed up the investigation, had submitted the interim report in a sealed cover, complying with the October 28 order of the court.
The Judge had said he would have to read the report before granting then posted the case to this date.
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