District Judge Rakesh Siddhartha, who recently took charge of the court, after seeking clarifications fixed the matter for February 20 for pronouncing order on the pleas.
"Today the matter was fixed for orders. However, some clarifications were required. To come up for clarifications/ orders on February 20," the court said.
The judge said the case was earlier marked to this court by order of the then district judge and he cannot supersede that order.
Sajjan Kumar, Brahmanand Gupta, Peeriya and Ved Prakash are facing trial on charges of murder and rioting in a case of killing of Surjit Singh in Sultanpuri area of West Delhi.
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The pleas were moved by Gupta, Peeriya and Ved Prakash for transfer of the case from Karkardooma district court in East Delhi to Rohini district court on ground of jurisdiction.
He argued that a similar riot case, also involving Sajjan Kumar and others, was earlier decided by the same court but the accused had not raised the transfer issue then, which showed "malafide intention and malice" on their part.
Advocate Anil Kumar Sharma, who was representing Gupta and Peeriya, argued that the court should implement the Delhi High Court's 2013 order asking sessions judges to transfer the cases as per their jurisdiction.