Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and the other five accused in the National Herald case objected to Subramanian Swamy’s petition to summon new documents. In a six-page reply submitted before the New Delhi Metropolitan Magistrate Lovleen, the Congress leaders accused that Swamy is on “fishing and roving” inquiry and is attempting to open a new case against them with these documents.



Sonia and Rahul specifically objected to Swamy’s demand of summoning Congress party’s Income Tax statements of 2010-2011 the period during which the scam occurred. “That the application preferred by the Complainant (Swamy) under Sec 91 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) is vague and devoid of material particulars and is on in the nature of fishing and roving enquiry which is not permissible in the law. Courts have time and again deprecated attempts to use Sec 91 CrPC for such a roving and fishing inquiry,” said the joint reply filed by Sonia, Rahul, Motilal Vora, Oscar Fernandez, Suman Dubey, Sam Pitroda and Young Indian, the controversial company floated by Sonia and Rahul to dubiously acquire National Herald publishing company Associated Journals Limited.

The arguments on this matter of summoning documents are scheduled in the trial court on October 4.