A special court on Thursday rejected a plea of defence lawyer Abbas Kazmi seeking permission to inspect the 26/11 terror attack sites and the marine vessel M V Kuber allegedly used by LeT terrorists to reach Mumbai shores from Pakistan.

Kazmi is defending prime accused Mohammed Ajmal Amir Qasab, the lone terrorist arrested during the attacks last year. Judge M L Tahilyani said that there was no provision under CrPc to allow lawyers to visit the place of offence but the defence lawyer was free to visit public places and permission in this regard was not required from the court.