Delhi court dismisses Arvind Kejriwal's plea seeking increase in number of legal meetings during judicial custody

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed the plea moved by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking direction to increase the number of legal meetings with his lawyers from two to five times a week.

Through the plea, Kejriwal stated that as he is facing multiple FIRs in various states, a lot of legal work takes place and hence the number of meetings should be increased.

The Special Judge Kaveri Baweja on Wednesday passed the order and decided to dismiss it. Special Counsel Zoheb Hossain appearing for respondent authorities opposed the application stating that the applicant is seeking legal meetings five times in a week and is clearly against the Jail Manual.

According to the manual, only one legal meeting is allowed in a week and in special circumstances two meetings may be allowed.

This applicant is already getting two legal meetings. If someone chooses to run the government from jail you cannot be treated exceptionally, the lawyers said.

(ANI)