New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday declined to fix a deadline for concluding the trial in the 2022 Shraddha Walkar murder case, observing that no further directions were warranted at this stage 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 while disposing of a petition filed by Walkar's brother.

The petition had sought directions to the trial court to conclude the proceedings within a fixed timeframe. It contended that despite the arrest of the accused Aftab Amin Poonawala in November 2022 and the completion of the investigation backed by medical, digital and foren...