The Special Court for Anti-Terrorism Tuesday dismissed two petitions filed by defence lawyers in the May 9 arson attack case until the High Court decided on a plea to transfer the trial to a jail court. The two applications filed by PTI, one seeking footage from the September 19 court proceedings and CCTV cameras, and the other requesting a halt to proceedings until the High Court verdict on the transfer to jail trial, were rejected. The court directed the defence lawyers to challenge the WhatsApp communication arrangement in the High Court. The judge repeated that the right to challenge exists, but proceedings cannot be paused without High Court intervention. The court affirmed that a trial court cannot ignore High Court directives.