The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a petition seeking a court-monitored committee to supervise all stages of trial in the Red Fort blast case.
The court said the trial in the case has not yet started, and the issue raised in the petition pertained only to apprehension, and it cannot be assumed that there will be a delay in the trial.
“It is a good piece of essay and not writ petition. You have to differentiate between a writ petition and a piece of research paper. We are not sitting here to entertain your ideas and suggestions,” said a Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela.
“We are sitting here to entertain a petition where you are able to show infringement of any of your fundamental rights or constitutional provisions or any other legally enforceable rights,” the Bench added.
Petitioner Dr. Pankaj Pushkar sought a day-to-day trial in the case and a direction to the probe agency to file monthly status reports before the court-appointed oversight committee. The petitioner’s counsel later urged the court to allow him to withdraw his petition.
