What happened
The Delhi High Court granted three weeks to Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and other respondents to file their response to an Enforcement Directorate (ED) plea. The ED plea challenged a trial court order that refused to take cognisance (the court’s formal step to proceed based on the chargesheet) of the ED’s chargesheet in a National Herald-linked money laundering case.
During the hearing, the ED counsel argued that the trial court’s approach on cognisance was erroneous. The High Court also recorded that the respondents had not filed a reply despite the High Court having already granted them time two months earlier.
The Delhi High Court issued notices to Suman Dubey, Sam Pitroda, Young Indian, Dotex Merchandise Private Limited, and Sunil Bhandari.
Background and earlier position
In the National Herald-linked money laundering case, the trial court refused to take cognisance of the ED chargesheet. The ED challenged that refusal of cognisance by approaching the Delhi High Court with a plea.
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