You are already on life sentence,” the bench remarked. The court gave four weeks as “last opportunity” to the NIA to file its rejoinder. NIA counsel submitted that Mailk filed a lengthy reply to the agency’s appeal, which even had content “not related” to the case, and the rejoinder was being vetted. He also objected to Malik’s claim of NIA seeking repeated adjournments, and said Malik himself took one year to file his reply to the appeal. He further informed the court that the agency was seeking an in-camera hearing in the matter.