The special court set up to hear cases related to the 2G spectrum scam on Wednesday took a dig at Etisalat DB promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, asking him to exercise “self-restraint” on his own part. This was in response to an application Mr. Balwa moved advocating self-restraint by the media.
The application, filed last Thursday, followed media reports that his counsel had demanded that the Prime Minister be made a witness in the case.
In the application, Mr. Balwa had retracted counsel's demand for the Prime Minister to be made a witness, and said media personnel “restrain themselves from out-of-context reporting prejudicial to the general interest of the accused.”
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Special Judge (Central Bureau of Investigation) O.P. Saini, in a tersely-worded order, noted: “I do not wish to add anything more except that self-restraint is a great virtue which may be practised and exercised by all concerned, including those who expect it from others.”