AHMEDABAD: The magisterial court hearing the case of SIT's closure report against chief minister Narendra Modi for his alleged role in the 2002 riots has criticized social activist Teesta Setalvad for her interference in court proceedings. On complaint made by the SIT against Setalvad for filing applications on behalf of complainant Zakia Jafri , metropolitan magistrate B J Ganatra on Thursday warned the social activist and asked her to refrain from misusing court proceedings. The court's stern warning came after Setalvad's efforts to represent Zakia by citing a power of attorney (POA) in the criminal proceedings. She continued to do it even after the court decided that since Zakia was represented by her lawyers, Setalvad could not do so through POA. "It is directed to record the affidavit filed by Teesta Setalvad as a power-of-attorney holder and she has been given ultimatum that from now onwards she should refrain from misusing court proceedings by filing applications which arenot in her power," court said. Meanwhile, the court has kept September 26 for initial hearing for filing of protest petition against the SIT's closure report. The issue of missing documents lasted long so that the SIT had requested the court during the last hearing that the complainant should be asked to file a protest petition soon. The court has concluded that once inspection of 25,000-page report is over, illegible copies of documents and those CDs that do not function may not be taken on record. Zakia's counsel S M Vora, however, felt that it is too short a time to file protest petition. "It has more then 25,000 pages including two bulky reports. If SIT can take more then five months, even after long investigation, to file it's report (after Supreme Court 'sorder), we should be given more time to file protest petition," the lawyer argued.