
Nov 26: Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Usha Iyer has disposed of the case concerning a show cause notice for contempt of court against US vice-consul Brian Heath after the the consul general, David Good tendered an apology on his behalf.
In her order, the magistrate said the court had received a letter dated November 19 from Good narrating the circumstances under which the vice consul was present in court.
8220;The letter shows that the consulate officers are claiming immunity. The letter also shows that David Good, consul general of the US, has expressed regret over the applicant8217;s behaviour and remarks passed in court on November 16,8221; the order added.
The magistrate had issued a show-cause notice against Heath after he 8220;arrogantly8221; replied that it was not the business of the court to know why he wanted to visit an NRI accused B Kapadia, who was arrested in a diamond smuggling case.