Hearing on Tej Pratap's divorce plea deferred till Jan 8

Hearing on the divorce petition of RJD president Lalu Prasad's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav was on Thursday deferred till January 8 by a court here which held in-camera proceedings following a plea by the leader.

Later, as Yadav left the court, he told reporters that the "fight will continue".

Judge Uma Shankar Dwivedi heard the case in-camera following a request by Yadav's team of lawyers led by Delhi-based advocate Amit Khemka.

According to sources, the matter has been posted for January 8.

Yadav, away from the city ever since he filed the petition in October end, arrived at the court minutes ahead of the commencement of hearing.

He told reporters that although he had reached Patna on Wednesday itself, he has so far neither visited his home nor met any of his family members.

Earlier, responding to queries of journalists, Khemka said, "I can divulge no details. The matter is not political but involves the lives of two young persons."
Asked whether he would try to bring them together, the counsel said, "I will try to do whatever is best possible for them."