SCSupreme Court today extended the parole of Sahara chief Subrata Roy till September 23. The parole granted to him in May on humanitarian grounds after his mother passed away, continued later to enable him arrange money to refund his investors.

The decision to extend the parole was taken by a bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur in-chamber as his parole was to end today.

Roy has been lodged in Tihar jail since March 4, 2014 on the orders of the apex court in relation with a long running dispute with market regulator SEBI.