Herald case: HC notice to Swamy on plea against trial court order

Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the response of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on pleas seeking to set aside trial court order allowing summoning of documents from Ministries of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Income Tax Department and other agencies in the National Herald case.

Justice Sunita Gupta also issued notice to Swamy seeking his reply on or before March 15 on the pleas which also sought staying operation of the trial court’s January 11 order.

“I am issuing notice to the respondent, but not staying the proceedings before the trial court,” the judge said.

The petitions filed by AICC Treasurer Motilal Vora and Young India Ltd, through senior advocates RS Cheema and Rebecca John, said the trial court has not heard them and the order passed was an ex-parte order.

“Swamy has sought all documents but no specific period has been mentioned in his application before the trial court and still his plea was allowed,” Cheema contended, adding that the January 11 trial court order must be quashed or set aside.

Swamy’s plea seeking summoning of documents from the Ministry of Urban Development, Delhi Development Authority and Registrar of Companies was also allowed by the trial court.