India, July 31 -- The Delhi high court on Friday declined to issue directions prescribing a fixed timeline for the completion of the trial in the Shraddha Walkar murder case, observing that the same was not warranted as the proceedings were being conducted on a day-to-day basis.

"No further direction is required to pass at this stage, since trial is happening on a day-to-day basis," a bench of justice Madhu Jain said in her order.

The court passed the order in a petition filed by Walkar's brother seeking a direction to the trial court to conclude the proceedings within a fixed timeframe.

In his plea, Walkar's brother submitted that despite the arrest of the accused, Aftab Amin Poonawala, in November 2022 and the completion of a compreh...