Slogan-shouting MPs protested in both houses of parliament, leading to several adjournments on Wednesday morning.

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Evans made several legal applications, asking for time extensions and adjournments and also sent a skeleton legal argument to the prosecution.

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That "fast track" process would be in contrast to the many Indian criminal cases that drag on for years, with long adjournments between hearings.

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It is thought it will become a trial within a trial as the men challenge the legality of the court to hear their case, and it will be littered with postponements and adjournments.

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