Chidambaram’s car stopped at Gujarat High Court entrance for not bearing entry sticker

Advocate Yatin Oza who is the president of the Gujarat High Court Advocates association, arrived at the same, his car following Chidambaram’s. According to security guards present at the spot, Oza objected to entry of the car before him since it did not have the sticker for advocates practicing at the HC.

“I don’t know whether the car belonged to Chidambaram. I did object to two cars entering the court that didn’t have the sticker. I was also in a hurry. Had I known that the car belonged to Chidambaram, I would have welcomed him,” Oza said when asked about the incident.

Eyewitnesses present at the spot said that Chidambaram had to leave the car at the spot itself. His car took a u-turn while he walked towards the court. There were no security personnel with him. Senior police officials said that Chidambaram came as a private lawyer who did not inform the government, therefore, no security was arranged.

Chidambaram refused to comment on the incident when approached by The Indian Express

Chidambaram argued his case before the division bench of justices Harsha Devani and Sonia Gokani for the whole day. The arguments will be continued on Thursday as well. After the court’s proceeding got over Chidambarm walked till the entrance and got in the private cars belonging to hotel Courtyard Marriott which was waiting outside the entrance.

While leaving the court several journalists surrounded Chidambaram for his opinion on the functioning of Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government, however, he remained unresponsive.