The Bombay High Court Wednesday rejected a request by Mumbai attacker Ajmal Amir Kasab to meet his lawyers alone in his cell. The court ruled that any meetings between terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone gunman who survived in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, and his lawyers will have to be conducted with jail officials close by. 'Threat perception to Kasab cannot be questioned by this court in a case of this nature. National interest and safety outweighs all other considerations. Therefore, we reject Kasab's prayer seeking legal interview not within the hearing distance of jail staff and police,' a two-judge bench said. 'Kasab is a trained commando and with swift movements and he can pose a great danger to his own life as well as to the guards,' special prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told the court. 'The presence of jail officers near him during interview with lawyers is essential to control his aggressive movements,' he said. The decision comes after the court reviewed security camera footage which showed Kasab attacking a jail official on September one. Kasab had petitioned the court for the right to meet his lawyers in privacy. Amin Solkar, who represents Kasab, has said that he is uncomfortable answering questions in the presence of jail staff or police officers. The Maharashtra government had said that his lawyers were at risk during meetings with Kasab. Security camera footage in which Kasab attacked a jail official on September one was submitted to the court for review. Kasab, convicted for waging war against India with the Nov. 26 attacks, has been given the death sentence and is kept at the Arthur Road jail. Kasab was sentenced to death by a special Indian court on all 86 charges against him, including waging war against the state in May this year. 