Court rejects Subramanian Swamy’s plea for documents in Herald case

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy (Source: File)

A plea by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy seeking a direction to the Congress party and Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) to produce documents relating to financial transactions in the National Herald case was rejected by a city court as “nothing but a fishing enquiry”.

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“The complainant uses the terms ‘verify’/‘see’/‘investigate’ in the column depicting the ‘desirability’ of the said documents. Again this court must observe that by using the terms ‘verify’/‘see’/‘investigate’ the complainant admits that he is himself not aware of the contents of the said documents. In these circumstances, the prayer of the complainant is nothing but a fishing enquiry which is not permitted under the law,” said Metropolitan Magistrate Lovleen in an order passed on Monday.