05-26-2004, 09:40 PM
<b>Court to decide on suit charging Sonia with smuggling </b>
New Delhi, May 26
The Delhi High Court said Wednesday it would conduct a hearing before ruling on a public suit charging Congress president Sonia Gandhi with smuggling ancient Indian artefacts to Italy.
Judges B.C. Patel and B.D. Ahmed said they would hear the Indian government and the Central Bureau of Investigation, as also former minister Subramaniam Swamy who has filed the suit, before deciding the issue on merits.
The case will be heard September 8.
Swamy submitted Wednesday that the CBI had not complied with the court's earlier direction to submit Interpol reports on an antique shop in Italy that was allegedly owned by Gandhi's sister Antinio Maino.
The court observed it would take appropriate action if it found that the order had not been complied with.
Counsel for the CBI said Swamy's suit should be dismissed as it was not a public interest litigation but a private interest litigation.
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New Delhi, May 26
The Delhi High Court said Wednesday it would conduct a hearing before ruling on a public suit charging Congress president Sonia Gandhi with smuggling ancient Indian artefacts to Italy.
Judges B.C. Patel and B.D. Ahmed said they would hear the Indian government and the Central Bureau of Investigation, as also former minister Subramaniam Swamy who has filed the suit, before deciding the issue on merits.
The case will be heard September 8.
Swamy submitted Wednesday that the CBI had not complied with the court's earlier direction to submit Interpol reports on an antique shop in Italy that was allegedly owned by Gandhi's sister Antinio Maino.
The court observed it would take appropriate action if it found that the order had not been complied with.
Counsel for the CBI said Swamy's suit should be dismissed as it was not a public interest litigation but a private interest litigation.
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