Herald case: HC terms Gandhis’ plea as ‘infructuous’

Delhi High Court on Thursday termed as "infructuous" the applications moved by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul and some other party leaders alleging a "different treatment" was meted out to a challenge filed by them in the National Herald case.

The Congress leaders in their application had opposed the transfer of the case from the court of Justice Sunil Gaur who had part-heard the matter for eight months to another court of Justice PS Teji.

Justice Gaur on Thursday termed their "applications" as infructuous as the matter has been listed before him by the high court registry.

The judge also said that he had not recused from the matter and added that the petitions came back to him as it was part-heard by him.

Even senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Sonia Gandhi, agreed with the court that the applications had become infructuous and also added that they can be withdrawn.