Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday moved the Delhi high court, seeking the transfer of hearing in the National Herald case to the judge who had earlier heard the arguments in the matter at length.
In their applications, Sonia, Rahul and five others said Justice Sunil Gaur has heard the matter on several dates, so this case be remanded back to him.
The case was marked to Justice PS <g data-gr-id="14">Teji</g> for hearing after the roaster was changed earlier this month. The court had asked them to advance the arguments and fixed the matter for October 15.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Sonia, on October 10 had told Justice Teji that it would be better if the case is sent back to the previous bench. The court, however, was not inclined to entertain Sibal's oral request and had said that as the matter has been marked to him now he will hear the matter further.