Irked by over 1,000 interim pleas of high-profile accused in 2G spectrum allocation scam trial, a Delhi court today said it is being done to "waste" its precious time and to "force" it to disclose its mind in advance on some crucial issues related to the case.
The court also said that till date, 1,029 applications have been filed by the accused facing trial in the case and it seems that they wish to "sink and bury" the court under the "weight of documents".
The remarks came while deciding separate pleas filed by two accused seeking summoning of some documents from the Prime Ministers Office (PMO) relating to the issues of telecom licences and pricing of spectrum and others.
"Now the question is: why such applications are being filed repeatedly by these accused? The answer is that accused wish to force the court to disclose its mind in advance on some crucial issues one way or the other by forcing the court to decide repeated applications," Special CBI Judge O P Saini said.
"Another reason is that these accused wish to drown out, sink and bury the court under the weight of documents, relevant or irrelevant, as some of them have been constantly filing such applications despite knowing the fact that entire material, relevant or irrelevant, immediate or distant, relating to issues in question has already come on record," the court said.
It also said a large number of documents have been placed on record at the request of the accused persons and this process "cannot go on endlessly".
"The third reason for filing such applications is to keep the court occupied and, thus, waste the precious time of the court so that the court is not able to devote its time to the relevant record of the case, running into lakhs of pages and thereby to delay the trial," it said.
"I may add that accused persons have filed 1029 number of applications, big or small, till date...," the judge said.
Former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi, several top corporate executives and three companies are facing trial in the case.
The court also said that till date, 1,029 applications have been filed by the accused facing trial in the case and it seems that they wish to "sink and bury" the court under the "weight of documents".
The remarks came while deciding separate pleas filed by two accused seeking summoning of some documents from the Prime Ministers Office (PMO) relating to the issues of telecom licences and pricing of spectrum and others.
"Now the question is: why such applications are being filed repeatedly by these accused? The answer is that accused wish to force the court to disclose its mind in advance on some crucial issues one way or the other by forcing the court to decide repeated applications," Special CBI Judge O P Saini said.
"Another reason is that these accused wish to drown out, sink and bury the court under the weight of documents, relevant or irrelevant, as some of them have been constantly filing such applications despite knowing the fact that entire material, relevant or irrelevant, immediate or distant, relating to issues in question has already come on record," the court said.
It also said a large number of documents have been placed on record at the request of the accused persons and this process "cannot go on endlessly".
"The third reason for filing such applications is to keep the court occupied and, thus, waste the precious time of the court so that the court is not able to devote its time to the relevant record of the case, running into lakhs of pages and thereby to delay the trial," it said.
"I may add that accused persons have filed 1029 number of applications, big or small, till date...," the judge said.
Former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi, several top corporate executives and three companies are facing trial in the case.
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