A Delhi court on Friday summoned the balance sheet of Indian National Congress for the year 2010-2011 in connection with the National Herald case, in which party President Sonia Gandhi her son Rahul Gandhi are accused.
Besides this, the court also summoned the balance sheet of 2010-2011 of Associated Journals Pvt Ltd (AJL), observing that these documents could not be referred as “personal documents” of the accused.
“Accordingly, it is directed that the balance sheet of INC pertaining to the year 2010-2011 be summoned on filing of PF (process fee) for the next date of hearing,” Metropolitan Magistrate Lovleen said in his three-page order.
The order came on BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea in which he had sought summoning of balance sheet, receipts and payments accounts, income and expenditure statements for the year 2010-2011, 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 of INC and AJL.
Swamy, who had sought summoning of documents of Young Indian Pvt Ltd (YI) also, did not press for it during the arguments.
He had earlier told the court that these records were necessary to establish the method adopted by the accused for purpose of extending loans to acquire AJL, through YI.
The matter would now come up for hearing on March 21.