The Delhi High Court on Monday (December 22, 2025) asked Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others to respond to a plea by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging a trial court order refusing to take cognisance of its charge sheet against them in the National Herald case.
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Justice Ravinder Dudeja issued notice to the Gandhis and others on the main petition as well as on the ED’s application seeking a stay on the December 16 trial court order, which held that cognisance of the agency’s complaint in the case was “impermissible in law” as it was not founded on an FIR The high court listed the matter for further hearing on March 12, 2026.
While Solicitor General Tushar Mehta represented the ED in the case, senior advocates Abhishek Singhvi and R.S. Cheema represented the Gandhis.
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