The Supreme Court today declined to hear Sahara chief Subrata Roy's plea for recall of the non-bailable warrant issued by it against him in a contempt case.

Appearing for Roy, Ram Jethmalani pleaded before a bench headed by Justice K S Radhakrishnan for recall of the arrest warrant issued by the apex court on February 26.

Mr. Jethmalani told the bench that Roy had surrendered before police and was in custody.

However, Justice Radhakrishnan and Justice Vikramajit Sen, said, it is not possible for the special bench to assemble today to hear the case.

Roy was arrested in Lucknow on Friday after he surrendered to the police, two days after a non-bailable warrant was issued against him.

The order to arrest Roy was issued after his failure to appear before the apex court in the contempt case arising out of non-refund of 20,000 crore rupees to investors by two of his companies.