Overview
- Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi moved an application asking the court to avoid day-to-day trial and to grant four weeks to prepare for witness examination.
- The Rouse Avenue Court had scheduled day-to-day recording of prosecution witnesses from October 27 to November 7 after framing charges on October 13.
- Special Judge Vishal Gogne began the chief examination of a prosecution witness and allowed the defence to cross-examine at a later stage.
- The defence cited the 18,000-page chargesheet, a lengthy charges order, health concerns, and overlapping legal and election commitments as reasons for the delay.
- The CBI opposed the adjournment request, and the court sought the agency’s reply while keeping the case at the prosecution-evidence stage.