BJP leader Subramanian Swamy told a Delhi court Monday that instead of Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), the publisher of National Herald newspaper, its shareholders were the victim of cheating in the corruption case filed by him against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul Gandhi and others.
The court also asked AJL and the Centre's lawyers to file their written submissions in three days.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Rajendra Menon cited health issues and asked if the matter could be heard some other day.
The Court had last month asked the Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), the publisher of National Herald in which Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi were shareholders, to vacate the premises in the Press Enclave at ITO in the national capital.
The Delhi High Court had last month asked the Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), the publisher of National Herald to vacate the premises in the Press Enclave at ITO in the national capital.
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The Delhi High Court has granted two weeks time to AJL to vacate the National Herald office situated at ITO, New Delhi.
The apex court, however, restrained the Income Tax Department from implementing its order on proceeding till the pendency of matter before it.
The AJL is reportedly controlled by senior Congress leaders, including members of the Gandhi family. The group runs the National Herald newspaper.
Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, appearing for the ministry and the Land and Development Office (L&DO), told the court that re-entry notice was issued as it had initiated the proceedings back in 2016 when no printing or publishing activity was going on.
Swamy was indulging in "character assassination" of the accused by tweeting, senior Congress leader and an accused in the case, Motilal Vora had told the court earlier.
Hooda, who was Haryana CM between 2005 and 2011, described the development as 'politically motivated'.
The Solicitor General said, "There is a difficulty, it may be time-barred."
The Urban Development Ministry had decided to end 56-year-old lease and and asked National Herald newspaper to vacate the premises in the press enclave at ITO in New Delhi.
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Swamy submitted before Metropolitan Magistrate Ambika Singh that the I-T department had launched a probe against Gandhis, YI, and four other accused after taking note of his complaint in the case.
Sonia and Rahul told Metropolitan Magistrate Ambika Singh that the application filed by the complainant "suffers from a series of infirmities and it needs to be rejected at the very outset".
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