New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- The Centre on Thursday opposed a plea by former IPS officer and former Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi seeking to be impleaded in a Delhi High Court PIL concerning the collapse of a paying guest accommodation in Satya Niketan that claimed seven lives.

Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma, appearing for the Centre, told a Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia that he had instructions to oppose Bedi's application.

Sharma submitted that Bedi had already expressed her views on the issues involved in the matter and had, therefore, prejudged the case. He said the Centre would file a reply opposing her application.

The Court granted the Centre three days to file...