A metropolitan court in Ahmedabad on Monday adjourned the hearing in the defamation case filed by Jay Shah against news website The Wire to December 16 after the complainant failed to show up in the court, The Indian Express reported.

Jay Shah’s lawyer told the court that he was busy with some social engagement and sought exemption from appearing. The defendants were present in the court for the hearing.

Jay Shah, the son on Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah, had filed the defamation case on October 9 against The Wire, its editor and its reporter for an article that alleged that the revenues of his company had grown massively the year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power.