more-inA Delhi court on Saturday asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi, its vice-president Rahul Gandhi and others to file by July 22 replies to a fresh plea by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy seeking certain documents in The National Herald case of cheating and misappropriation. The court had last year allowed Dr. Swamy’s pleas to summon these documents. Metropolitan Magistrate Lovleen gave time to them to file the replies as their counsel submitted that they had not received copies of the Dr. Swamy’s application. Others facing the heatBesides Ms. Gandhi and Mr. Gandhi, general secretary of the party, Oscar Fernandes, party’s treasurer Motilal Vora and the Gandhi family loyalists Suman Dubey and Sam Pitorda are also facing prosecution in the case on a complaint by Dr. Swamy. According to the complainant, the accused persons “fraudulently” acquired Associated Journals Ltd., publisher of the daily.

Source: The Hindu July 01, 2017 17:26 UTC