New Delhi – In a setback for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Rouse Avenue Court has refused to issue notices to former Congress president Sonia Gandhi and opposition leader Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case. The court observed that the charge sheet submitted by the ED was incomplete and directed the agency to furnish additional documents.
The court declined to send notices to Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, stating that a clear justification must be presented for issuing such notices. The next hearing in the case has been scheduled for May 2.
According to the charge sheet, Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, as directors of the company Young Indian, allegedly acquired assets worth approximately ₹2,000 crore from Associated Journals Limited (AJL)—the publisher of the National Herald—for just ₹50 lakh.
Following the investigation, the ED had already attached properties and shares worth ₹751.9 crore belonging to AJL and Young Indian, entities linked to the Congress party.
