On 26 October, the Delhi high court had dismissed Swamy’s plea on grounds that it was perhaps a textbook example of political interest litigation being dressed up as a public interest litigation. Photo: PTINew Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy moved the Supreme Court on Monday in an appeal against the dismissal of a probe to investigate the alleged murder of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s wife, Sunanda Pushkar. “You will have to tell us about the status of the police investigation and whether the plea is maintainable,” said justice Amitava Roy. On 26 October, the Delhi high court had dismissed Swamy’s plea on grounds that it was perhaps a textbook example of political interest litigation being dressed up as a public interest litigation. Swamy had moved the Delhi high court in July last year seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)-monitored SIT (Special Investigation Team) investigation into the alleged murder of Sunanda Pushkar, who was found dead in a south Delhi hotel room in 2014 in mysterious circumstances.

Source: Mint January 29, 2018 07:30 UTC