Court against his conviction by the TADA court in the Mumbai blasts case.

He has also moved an application seeking bail. "We have filed an appeal against the conviction and also have prayed for his bail," Dutt's counsel Satish Maneshinde said.

Dutt was given a six-year jail term in the 1993 serial blasts case by the TADA court on July 31.

Meanwhile, CBI had filed an 'omnibus' caveat in the Supreme Court to prevent Dutt and other Mumbai bomb blast case convicts from securing any ex parte relief.

Dutt's appeal was delayed by a couple of days as senior advocates like Fali S Nariman and Harish Salve handling it before the apex court, wanted to make a robust case for relief, focusing on his "impeccable" track record during the 12 years he was on bail as an undertrial.