ISLAMABAD: Zahid Bukhari, counsel for property tycoon Malik Riaz, on Saturday sent an application to the Supreme Court requesting for the formation of a larger bench to hear the suo motu case pertaining to allegations against Arsalan Iftikhar, son of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, DawnNews reported.

The application also requested that the bench be formed on the basis of the judges' seniority.

Moreover, Bukhari has said that so far he has received no documents from his client.

He said Riaz was abroad for medical treatment which was why the documents pertaining to the matter had not been made available to him.

The Supreme Court has been hearing the notice about the bribes allegedly given to the chief justice’s son by Riaz.

The suo motu notice had been taken after the rumours of the chief justice’s son’s shady business dealings with Riaz had become loud enough to make it to primetime television. After midnight on June 5, the court had announced the suo motu notice and the first hearing was held on Wednesday.