The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and others on two petitions filed by CBI against the High Court order granting protection from arrest and other relief to him and his wife in a disproportionate assets case. A bench of justices F M I Kalifulla and U U Lalit issued notice to Singh and others including the state government and fixed the petitions of CBI for hearing on November 5. The bench, however, did not grant interim stay on the October one order of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for CBI, started advancing arguments with the assertion that one of the judges of the High Court bench, which has granted the relief, had earlier recused from hearing a case, involving the Chief Minister, on the ground that he (leader) was once his client.