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National Herald: SC exempts Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi from personally appearing before trial court

| | Feb 12, 2016, at 09:01 pm
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IBNS) Giving relief to Congres supremo Sonia Gandhi and party vice president in the National Herald case, the Supreme Court exempted the two leaders from personally appearing in the hearing scheduled to occur in a Patiala House court from Feb 20.

The apex court, however, refused to quash trial court proceedings against the leaders.

Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said: "From day 1 the accused not once decided to avoid or delay the trial court. We are not interested in not going to the trial court, otherwise why would we have gone earlier."

He said: "It is a very satisfactory order as far as our clients are concerned & we will obey it in letter & spirit."

National Herald newspaper was started by former prime minister Jawahar Lal Nehru in 1938 during the freedom struggle. It originally served as a mouthpiece of the Congress. Over the decades circulation and finances dropped, before it finally closed in 2008 with a debt of Rs 90 crore.

In 2014, the trial court asked Sonia and Rahul to appear in the case. On December 7, 2015, the high court dismissed their appeal and asked questions about the legality of the unsecured loan. They were also directed to appear before the trial court.

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