Senior lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah will now appear for controversial carpet businessman Deepak Jaikishian on the suit filed by the widow of private investigator P Balasubramaniam.

This was revealed when the matter came up for case management in the Federal Court last Friday.

Lawyer Americk Sidhu, for widow A Santamil Selvi, confirmed with Malaysiakini that Shafee would be appearing for Deepak. However, no date has been fixed to hear the case.