Heated exchange turns 2G trial ugly
21 Nov 2012 5:46 AM IST
The ongoing trial in the special CBI court on Tuesday turned ugly when a defence counsel accused the special judge of 'bullying' him. The judge had asked the lawyer not to pose irrelevant questions to a prosecution witness.
The heated exchange took place between advocate Vijay Aggarwal, the counsel for former Telecom Minister A Raja's former Private Secretary R K Chandolia, and Special Judge O P Saini during cross-examination of CBI witness R Gopalan, former secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs. During recording of the statement, Gopalan said he had signed and sealed the sanction order of April 1 last year against accused Chandolia on behalf of the President of India.
'You (judge) cannot bully me. I am not a peon in the court that you are talking to me like this. Please do not bully me like this,' Aggarwal snapped at the judge on being told not to ask irrelevant questions to the witness. At this the judge retorted, 'Who is bullying you? I am not talking to you as you are saying. Why are you shouting like this?.'
Aggarwal, however, stood his ground and said, 'No, you (judge) are bullying me. Do not talk to me in this manner.' The brief argument between the counsel and the judge was pacified by other advocates.
The heated exchange took place between advocate Vijay Aggarwal, the counsel for former Telecom Minister A Raja's former Private Secretary R K Chandolia, and Special Judge O P Saini during cross-examination of CBI witness R Gopalan, former secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs. During recording of the statement, Gopalan said he had signed and sealed the sanction order of April 1 last year against accused Chandolia on behalf of the President of India.
'You (judge) cannot bully me. I am not a peon in the court that you are talking to me like this. Please do not bully me like this,' Aggarwal snapped at the judge on being told not to ask irrelevant questions to the witness. At this the judge retorted, 'Who is bullying you? I am not talking to you as you are saying. Why are you shouting like this?.'
Aggarwal, however, stood his ground and said, 'No, you (judge) are bullying me. Do not talk to me in this manner.' The brief argument between the counsel and the judge was pacified by other advocates.
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