National Herald case: Sam Pitroda summoned

A court here Thursday fixed Dec 9 as the next date of hearing in a case against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her son and party vice president Rahul Gandhi and others over acquisition of the National Herald newspaper.

Metropolitan Magistrate Gomati Manocha deferred the hearing after it was apprised that the Delhi High Court has put on hold a trial court's summons issued against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others till Sep 3.

On June 26, the trial court issued summons to the Congress leaders for Aug 7 on a complaint by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy alleging "cheating" in the acquisition of Associated Journals Ltd. (AJL), the publisher of the now defunct National Herald newspaper, by the Young Indian Private Ltd. (YIL), "a firm in which Sonia and Rahul Gandhi each own a 38-percent stake".

Swamy told the court Thursday that summons were put on hold for the six accused, but not for Sam Pitroda, former chairman of National Innovation Council (NIC). Swamy told the court Pitroda was served summons in his house in the US as he is staying there now.


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