Swamy has accused Sonia and Rahul Gandhi of corruption in what is known as the National Herald Case.
New Delhi:
In his case against the Gandhis, BJP parliamentarian Subramanian Swamy is not entitled to government documents including the Congress party's tax returns, the Delhi High Court said today, over-ruling the recent decision of a lower court.
Mr Swamy has accused Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, the top two leaders of the Congress party, of corruption in what is known as the National Herald Case. He has accused them of using a shell firm to illegally take over assets and properties worth 300 million dollars that belonged to a company that published the National Herald, a newspaper founded by Mr Gandhi's great-grandfather, Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.
In February, the Supreme Court ruled that the Gandhis do not need to appear personally in court but will have to face trial.
In March, a Delhi court said Mr Swamy should be given papers he sought from ministries including Finance and Urban Development and the tax department that he said were relevant to the case. He wanted financial records of the Congress, Associated Journals Limited (which published the National Herald, defunct since 2008) and the Young Indian company, in which the Gandhis are stake-holders.
The Congress has today won its appeal against that decision.
In 2012, Mr Swamy, 76, took the Gandhis to court. He alleges that throught Young Indian, they used Congress funds to acquire property worth about $300 million from Associated Journals after paying just $75,000.
The Gandhis deny wrongdoing and their party says the deals caused no financial harm to the Congress.
Mr Swamy has accused Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, the top two leaders of the Congress party, of corruption in what is known as the National Herald Case. He has accused them of using a shell firm to illegally take over assets and properties worth 300 million dollars that belonged to a company that published the National Herald, a newspaper founded by Mr Gandhi's great-grandfather, Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.
In February, the Supreme Court ruled that the Gandhis do not need to appear personally in court but will have to face trial.
In March, a Delhi court said Mr Swamy should be given papers he sought from ministries including Finance and Urban Development and the tax department that he said were relevant to the case. He wanted financial records of the Congress, Associated Journals Limited (which published the National Herald, defunct since 2008) and the Young Indian company, in which the Gandhis are stake-holders.
The Congress has today won its appeal against that decision.
In 2012, Mr Swamy, 76, took the Gandhis to court. He alleges that throught Young Indian, they used Congress funds to acquire property worth about $300 million from Associated Journals after paying just $75,000.
The Gandhis deny wrongdoing and their party says the deals caused no financial harm to the Congress.
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