The names of 14 witnesses were dropped before their statements could be recorded by a special Central Bureau of Investigation court holding trial in the Aarushi Talwar-Hemraj double murder case.

While declining to entertain the plea by the Talwars, the apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Dipak Misra said, "We cannot compel the CBI or the prosecuting agency to examine certain witnesses. It is absolutely their prerogative."