Delhi High Court on Monday sought responses from Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others on an Enforcement Directorate petition against a trial court’s refusal to consider the chargesheet in the National Herald money-laundering case. ADVERTISEMENTThe ED has sought a stay on the trial court order, which rejected the central agency’s chargesheet on a point of law, citing the absence of a first information report (FIR). The chargesheet was based on a private complaint lodged by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy. Solicitor-general Tushar Mehta, representing the central agency, told the high court that the trial court had gone “horribly wrong” with its view, and that this would affect other cases, too. Mehta took the high court through the private complaint, which he said the trial court had already taken cognisance of and had been approved by higher courts.

Source: The Telegraph December 23, 2025 02:39 UTC