Court summons Nora Fatehi as witness for November 6

The Rouse Avenue Court has issued a fresh summons directing Nora Fatehi to appear as a witness on November 6 in the extortion case involving Sukesh Chandrasekhar, after she missed a hearing on November 2. Fatehi’s lawyers say she is not accused of any offence and has been called only to give evidence. At the November 2 hearing, her counsel sought an exemption from her personal appearance, saying she received the summons too late to rearrange existing professional commitments. The court issued a new summons for November 6. Reports of the hearing said the judge expressed displeasure over her absence and cautioned her legal team that a witness was expected to appear. Delhi Police told the court that a notice had been sent to Fatehi by email and WhatsApp on October 22 and that calls had also been made. Her counsel said she learned of the summons on October 29. Those accounts were presented to the court by police and counsel; the reports do not reproduce the notice itself. Fatehi’s legal team said she was summoned solely as a witness and faces no criminal allegations in the proceedings. Her lawyers also said they had applied to excuse her from attending the November 2 hearing....