SC orders Allahabad HC to halt disproportionate assets case against Rahul Gandhi
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The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Allahabad High Court to defer the hearing of a case involving allegations of disproportionate assets against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Bar and Bench reported.
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A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant also told the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate not to file any report in response to directions by the High Court.
The High Court had in May directed both agencies to verify claims made by a Bharatiya Janata Party worker S Vignesh Shishir that Gandhi possesses assets disproportionate to his income, Bar and Bench reported. In July, the High Court directed the CBI to file a fresh affidavit explaining the status of its inquiry, saying that the agency’s earlier submission did not make the progress of the case clear.
Gandhi had challenged the directions before the Supreme Court.
On Monday, the bench headed by the chief justice said that the High Court appeared to have passed orders without giving the leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha the opportunity of a hearing.
“Suppose somebody commits murders, etc police does not need permission,” Kant was quoted as saying by Bar and Bench. “But what appears to us is, subject to the assistance provided to us from both sides, if the court wants to issue a direction, the...