Judge says order will be pronounced 29 July. Apart from Gandhis, Suman Dubey, Sam Pitroda, Young Indian, Dotex Merchandise & Sunil Bhandari are named as accused in ED charge sheet.
At the last hearing, the court issued a notice to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and others regarding the ED chargesheet in connection with the money laundering case.
Special judge Vishal Gogne said their ‘right to be heard’ was available at the time of cognisance of the chargesheet & has issued notices to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi & LoP Rahul Gandhi.
The temporary seal has been put in order to 'preserve the evidence' which could not be collected as authorised representatives were not present during the raids Tuesday, officials said.
There are allegations of cheating & conspiracy in acquisition of 'National Herald' publisher Associated Journals Limited by Young Indian — company in which Gandhis 'have majority stake'.
The Congress MP from Wayanad was accompanied by his sister & Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. He had spent over 10 hours at the ED office Monday.
BJP MP Subramanian Swamy had moved the court against a trial court order of 11 February declining his plea to lead evidence to prosecute the Gandhis and others accused in the case.
India's projects related to BIMSTEC, Look-East-Act-East and Indian Ocean Rim Association could suffer a setback, impacting trade with South Asia and the South-South Cooperation agenda.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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