India, Nov. 21 -- The Delhi high court on Friday refused to permit 20-year-old Jasir Bilal Wani, alleged co-conspirator in the Red Fort bomb blast case, to meet his legal counsel at the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) headquarters.

A bench of justice Swarana Kanta Sharma issued the order after Wani's lawyer, Kaustubh Chaturvedi, submitted that though the NIA had arrested him on November 17, and he was remanded to the NIA's custody a day later, he was not allowed to meet a lawyer of his choice.

Chaturvedi submitted that although a lawyer had attempted to meet Wani at the agency headquarters, the request was denied because permission from the sessions court was required for such a legal 'mulaqat' (meeting).

He added that he subsequ...