More proofs in the case were submitted to a Delhi court.
The CBI submitted today to a Delhi court yet more documents related to case amid various defence counsel opposing the agency's way of filing documents in installments.
Special Judge OP Saini, however, took the CBI documents on record after counsel for various accused in the case relented to it as the court directed the CBI to file all relevant documents in the case, possibly in one go as far as feasible.
"Whatever documents are there in the possession of the CBI or seized by it should be filed in the court," Special CBI Judge OP Saini said.
As CBI prosecutor AK Singh filed an application to submit more documents to the beginning of the day's proceedings, the defence counsel began opposing CBI's plea saying it should not be allowed as it would prejudice the case against the accused.
The counsel also argued the agency should be stopped from this kind of practice as they file documents in middle of the trial which would adversely affect the case of the accused.
"This is not an ordinary trial. Eyes of the whole nation are on this case and the Supreme Court is also monitoring its proceedings. The CBI's application does not deserve to be allowed and if it is allowed, two things should be made clear that no other application of this kind will be approved in future and the court should also decide how we will cross examine previous witnesses.
"The CBI is creating an unnecessary hurdle in smooth functioning of this trial," said counsel Majid Memon for accused DB Realty MD Vinod Goenka.
The arguments advanced by various defence counsel opposing CBI's application prompted the judge to ask the agency as to how long will it continue filing additional documents.
"How many times it will be continued?," the judge said.
To this, the CBI prosecutor said he was not in a position to answer the question as it was upto the investigating officer (IO) of the case.
The prosecutor said as and when they feel the necessity that certain documents should be produced in the court, they do so in the interest of justice.
"Even I do not know how many times it will be continued. As and when witnesses are called in the court for recording of their testimony, we look at the list of documents and then decide as to which documents are necessary to be brought on record," he said, adding, "there might be no further application for bringing additional documents on record or their might be one or two."
Countering arguments advanced by the defence counsel that filing of additional documents at this stage would prejudice the case of the accused, the prosecutor said, "We (CBI) have supplied the copies of these documents to the accused so there is no prejudice to them and they can prepare their case."
He added that witnesses, examined so far in the case, have no connection with these documents which the agency has filed today.
The court, however, allowed CBI's application of taking on record the additional documents.
Meanwhile, the court recorded the statement of prosecution witness Mumbai's Deputy Registrar of Companies (RoC) Rajender Singh Meena.
However, his cross examination was deferred to March 12 as defence counsel sought time to go through the documents filed by the CBI today.
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