The accused, including former Telecom Minister and DMK leader A Raja and top corporate executives, referred to yesterday's high court order and said the continuance of the trial in the case which has been probed by CBI would amount to contempt of court.
"Before we proceed today I want to mention that the nation today woke up with banner headlines in newspapers that the CBI is not police.
"CBI prosecutor is standing here that means they must be having instructions to proceed with the case today," advocate Majeed Memom, appearing for accused Swan Telecom Promoter Vinod Goenka, said at the outset of the proceedings.
Memom was joined by Raja's counsel Manu Sharma to protest the continuance of the trial who was ready with the soft copy of the judgement on his i-pad.
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"I have read the newspaper but I cannot go by the media reports," the judge said.
Later at the end of the day, the defence lawyers placed before the court judgement of the high court and said they will move a formal application in this regard in the court on Monday.
In its judgement, the High Court has struck down the resolution through which the Central Bureau Investigation (CBI) was set up and held all its actions "unconstitutional".