New Delhi: In response to Suresh Kalmadi’s plea to attend the monsoon session of Parliament, the Delhi High Court has asked him to file an affidavit by Monday telling them how many times he has attended Parliament proceedings in the last five years.
The court has also asked Kalmadi why he wants to be present in person when he can easily watch the live telecast on television. The next hearing is scheduled to take place on August 1.
Earlier on Friday morning, Kalmadi withdrew his plea from the Special CBI court after making a submission that the High Court is the appropriate forum to decide his plea for custody parole to attend the Parliament session.
"The application, dated July 22, of Suresh Kalmadi seeking permission to attend the eighth session of Parliament is dismissed as withdrawn," Special CBI judge Talwant Singh said.
The 66-year-old Kalmadi, who is a Lok Sabha member from Pune, had on July 22 moved the application for custody parole to attend the eighth session of the 15th Lok Sabha.
Earlier this month, Kalmadi had written to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar seeking her permission to attend the monsoon session of Parliament. The Speaker, however, had said he would be able to attend the Parliament only after a competent court's permission.
In his application, Kalmadi had told the court that he has been served with summons from Lok Sabha Secretary General T K Vishwanathan to attend the session beginning August 1 and said being a peoples' representative "he has a larger role to play in the polity of the nation as an MP."
(With additional inputs from PTI)
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