HC orders INLD chief O P Chautala to surrender tomorrow

INLD chief and former Haryana Chief Minster Om Prakash Chautala was today ordered by the Delhi High Court to surrender tomorrow in Tihar jail for misusing bail conditions by campaigning for assembly polls, saying he cannot "take the court for a ride".
The High Court made it clear that it would not entertain any plea on extension of time for surrender. "Let him surrender tomorrow and let's not bargain over this," it said.
"You (Chautala) cannot take the court for a ride and cannot be permitted to question the majesty, dignity and decorum of this court," Justice Siddharth Mridul said trashing repeated submissions of senior advocates led by Ram Jethmalani that the 79-year-old leader be allowed to remain out till October 17, the date fixed earlier for his surrender.

Chautala, who could not be served with the HC notice yesterday night by CBI, first turned up in the morning before Special CBI Judge Manu Rai Sethi at Tees Hazari district courts here in pursuance of a disproportionate assets case.
The trial court yesterday had rejected Chautala's plea seeking exemption from personal appearance and permission to take part in the ongoing Haryana election campaign. It had sought his personal appearance today.
The trial judge allowed the CBI to serve Chautala with the court notice. The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader said that he will be appearing in the high court today itself.

Chautala reached the high court in the afternoon and went into a huddle with his lawyers including Jethmalani before entering the packed courtroom at 2.15 pm.
The moment Jethmalani started advancing arguments, the judge interrupted him saying, "Do you think anything needs to be said now. The pictures speak thousand words."
"He is an elderly gentleman and this court has been made to believe that he has been suffering from various ailments and hence, I had taken these things into consideration," the judge said.