The matter will come up before Justice Akil Qureshi later in the day. Veteran lawyer K.T.S. Tulsi will represent the CBI. The Special CBI court on Wednesday rejected the CBI plea to take Shah on remand for further questioning in connection with the case.
The court had upheld defence lawyer Ram Jethmalani's argument that the CBI had failed to fully utilise the three days' time to question Shah. Moreover, once the chargesheet has been filed, it is not proper in law to now seek remand of the accused.
The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has been accused of killing Sohrabuddin in a staged shootout Nov 26, 2005 near Ahmedabad on grounds that he was a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative. His wife Kauser-Bi has also been missing since then.
Published 05 August 2010, 09:19 IST