The Supreme Court today refused to stay the framing of charges against former Union Minister C K Jaffer Sharief by a special CBI Court in connection with a 1995 corruption case.

A bench of Justices P Sathasivama and J Chelameswar while refusing to stay the lower court procedure after which the formal trial of an accused begins, posted Sharief's appeal for further hearing to July 4.

The case dates back to 1995 when Sharief, as an Union minister had gone to London for medical treatment allegedly taking four others on the trip unauthorisedly and causing a loss of seven lakh rupees to the ex-chequer.