“We have repeatedly been saying what is your proposal. Tell us how much you can pay,” the bench said adding “The key is in your hands”.
Jethmalani, however, said that it is not possible to raise more money as nobody can come to our help till Roy remains in jail and that only he can arrange the money.
Turning it down, the bench posted Roy's plea against his detention order for March 25 as Jethmalani expressed his inability to argue the case tomorrow.
The court will not be working next week due to holi vacation.
The special bench, which assembled at 2 PM to conduct hearing on Roy's petition challenging its detention order, heard the case amidst tight security.
Some security personnel of the Delhi police were present in the court room. The hearing, during which Roy's counsel submitted that his detention was “illegal and unconstitutional”, was conducted in a relaxed atmosphere in which the judges and the lawyers exchanged a lot of banter.
At the outset, the bench said it found nothing embarrassing in the petition as submitted yesterday by Jethmalani while questioning the validity of its order.
“We have gone through the petition and nothing is embarrassing (for the bench) in it. You can argue the case including on the issue of maintainability,” the bench said while asking Jethmalani whether there is any new proposal on payment.
This was an apparent reference to Jethmalani yesterday saying it would be a little embarrassing for him argue before the bench that its order needed rectification.
