A division bench of the Supreme Court on Monday directed the special judge of Ropar hearing the vigilance cases against former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir to take a decision on the bail petition pending before it.

The bench, comprising Justice N Santosh Hegde and Justice B P Singh, will now hear the matter on December 12.

Harsimrat Kaur, Badal's daughter-in-law, had moved two petitions before the apex court seeking bail for the former CM and her husband Sukhbir.

She also pleaded that the cases be transferred out of Punjab for a free and fair trail.

"The court has not passed any directions except asking the special judge to hear the matter and decide the case. The bail petition of the Badals will come up for hearing in Ropar court on Tuesday," Atul Nanda, additional advocate general of the Punjab government, told rediff.com

Kaur said, "The matter will have to be decided before 12th of December by the special judge before we come before the Supreme Court. I have something to tell my husband and my father-in-law."

She vowed to fight Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh with all the legal means available to her.

"He has filed false cases against my father-in-law and my husband. All those who were remotely related to us were also roped in false cases. I am fighting for the family honour…" she said.

She regretted that some newspapers, particularly those printed abroad, were not interested in her family's point of view.

"I would appeal to the media to be fair to us as well," she said.

Asked if Badal was alone on his birthday (December 8), she said thousands of Akali workers had thronged outside Patiala jail, where the ex CM is lodged, despite restrictions applied by the government.

"He is not alone on his birthday. Thousands of Akali workers are showing their solidarity with their leader. The people of Punjab are with us."