New Delhi, Nov. 22 -- The Delhi high court on Friday refused to pass an order permitting 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 (NIA) headquarters.

A bench of justice Swarana Kanta Sharma issued the order after Wani's lawyer, Kaustubh Chaturvedi, submitted that although the NIA arrested Wani on November 17 and he was remanded to custody on November 18, he was not allowed to meet a lawyer of his choice. Chaturvedi said a lawyer had attempted to meet Wani at the agency office, but the request was denied on the ground that permission from the sessions court was required.

He added that he subsequently moved the sessions court with a...