The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined the plea filed by alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar and his wife Leena Paulose seeking an extension in the visitation time allotted by jail authorities to meet family, friends and legal representatives. A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M Trivedi pulled up Chandrashekhar for filing such a plea and said visitation is already being provided to him as per prison rules. The apex court dismissed his plea while noting that the accused persons were not in a position to seek such “privileges” and make such “extraordinary demands”. The counsel appearing for Chandrasekhar submitted that 28 cases are pending against his client across the country and more than 10 lawyers have been engaged and the visitation time allotted as per the jail rules is not sufficient.
