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Special CBI judge Srikant Shukla passed the order as only 16 accused were present in court, and observed that it would not be practical to frame charges in phases and directed all accused to appear in court on June 22.
The court also warned that if any accused were absent that day, it would be presumed that he jumped bail.
Earlier, counsel for two of the accused -- R N Srivastava and D B Rai - moved an application seeking a month to approach the high court against the special court's order dated May 4.
The court, while rejecting their application, directed Srivastava and Rai to appear for the next hearing.
The special court had on May 4 dropped proceedings against 21 accused, including Union Ministers L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti, until a defect in the government notification for constituting the special court was rectified.
The court had also ordered that proceedings against the remaining 26 persons would continue in the special court.
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