Herald case: Sonia, Rahul move Supreme Court

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi on Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging the December 7 last year Delhi High Court order refusing to quash summons issued to them in the National Herald case. Besides Gandhi's, Suman Dubey and Sam Pitroda have also approached the apex court against the High Court verdict.

The High Court had on December 7, 2015, not only refused to quash the summons issued to the Congress leaders, but had also made scathing observations on their “questionable conduct” regarding how they took control of the publication. Subsequently, the Gandhi's and others had appeared before a Patiala House court on December 19 last year when they were also granted bail, with the magistrate observing that they had deep political roots and there was no apprehension that they would flee. 

The magisterial court then fixed the matter for further hearing on February 20 when they will have to appear again unless the apex court grants them any interim relief. Subramanian Swamy had accused Sonia, Rahul and others in a lower court of conspiring to cheat and misappropriate funds by just paying Rs 50 lakh by which YI obtained the right to recover Rs 90.25 crore which the AJL had owed to Congress.