PAK-MUMBAI 2LST

The accused -- Lakhvi, Zarar Shah, Abu al-Qama, Hamad
Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jamil Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Younas Anjum --
were last year formally charged with planning and helping
execute the assault on India's financial hub in November 2008.
The anti-terror court has issued notice to one of the
defence lawyers after he contended that Judge Awan had
indicted the accused on the basis of charges that were framed
and argued while the case was being heard by another judge.
The notice pointed out that the records of the case are
sealed and the lawyer could make such a claim only if he had
accessed the records.
The notice also said that if the lawyer had accessed the
sealed records, he had interfered in the working of the court.
The defence lawyer responded to the court's notice
Tuesday and this matter will be taken up again at the next
hearing on January 16, sources said. PTI