Mehta is at present the additional solicitor general mainly representing the central government in the Supreme Court.
An apex court bench of Chief Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice Arun Mishra while rejecting Bhatt's plea asked the trial court to complete the hearing as expeditiously as possible.
The verdict was pronounced by Justice Mishra.
It also rejected Bhatt's plea for an SIT probe into the allegation that he had forced his official driver to file an affidavit that he drove him to then chief minister Narendra Modi's official residence on Feb 27, <g data-gr-id="36">2002</g> where Modi allegedly asked his officers to let people vent their anger in the wake of Godhra train carnage.
Earlier, the counsel for Bhatt had also alleged that he was victimised and targeted by the state government, whose strategy was to shoot the messenger for his bold speaking on the handling of law and order situation during the 2002 riots.
One of the Bhatt's petitions pertains to an FIR lodged by Gujarat Police-constable K D Panth in Ahmedabad alleging that Bhatt had pressurised him to sign an affidavit testifying that the IPS officer had participated in a high-level meeting after the Godhra carnage.
In another FIR, he has been accused of allegedly hacking then state's Additional Advocate General Tushar Mehta's e-mail account.
The apex court had earlier stayed criminal proceedings against the officer.
Bhatt in his plea had also sought fresh investigation against him in all cases with a plea for direction to Internet service providers to preserve all data he has put in the applications.