New Delhi: A court here on Monday rejected jailed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea seeking direction to jail authorities to allow two additional meetings with his lawyers through video conferencing. Was.
Special Judge Kaveri Baweja said that as per the plea, Kejriwal is facing about 30 cases across the country and on the basis of right to fair trial, he will be allowed to meet with his lawyers through video conferencing (VC) to discuss the cases. Two additional meetings are required.
The court said, "It is not in dispute that a similar application filed by the applicant (Kejriwal) seeking similar relief i.e. additional legal meetings with his lawyers has been dismissed by this court by a detailed order dated April 10, 2024." Had given."
It said that in the present application no new or novel reason has been given for adopting a different approach from the earlier order.
"Counsel for the applicant has failed to explain to the court as to how the applicant is entitled to two additional legal meetings through the VC on the same grounds which were discussed and dealt with in the earlier order," the court said.
It said that during the arguments, Kejriwal's counsel was asked to withdraw the application and file a fresh application with additional or fresh grounds, if any, which the counsel declined.
Dismissing the plea, the judge said, “Thus, after considering the submissions made and the observations already made vide order dated April 10, 2024, I see no reason to allow the application to be entertained. "
Special Judge Kaveri Baweja said that as per the plea, Kejriwal is facing about 30 cases across the country and on the basis of right to fair trial, he will be allowed to meet with his lawyers through video conferencing (VC) to discuss the cases. Two additional meetings are required.
The court said, "It is not in dispute that a similar application filed by the applicant (Kejriwal) seeking similar relief i.e. additional legal meetings with his lawyers has been dismissed by this court by a detailed order dated April 10, 2024." Had given."
It said that in the present application no new or novel reason has been given for adopting a different approach from the earlier order.
"Counsel for the applicant has failed to explain to the court as to how the applicant is entitled to two additional legal meetings through the VC on the same grounds which were discussed and dealt with in the earlier order," the court said.
It said that during the arguments, Kejriwal's counsel was asked to withdraw the application and file a fresh application with additional or fresh grounds, if any, which the counsel declined.
Dismissing the plea, the judge said, “Thus, after considering the submissions made and the observations already made vide order dated April 10, 2024, I see no reason to allow the application to be entertained. "
