[dropcap color=”#008040″ boxed=”yes” boxed_radius=”8px” class=”” id=””]T[/dropcap]he Punjab and Haryana High Court on has rejected the petition filed by Motilal Vora against ED’s probe in National Herald. The HC has told the Congress Treasurer Motilal Vora that he can approach it for relief if the Enforcement Directorate tries to arrest him in connection with alleged money laundering in land allotment to Associated Journals Limited (AJL).
Vora had been questioned by the Enforcement Directorate after he was summoned in his capacity as the Chairman and Managing Director of the AJL in connection with alleged irregularities in allotment of the plot to the company…
The court refused to entertain for now a plea by the 86-year-old national treasurer of the Congress to restrain the agency from arresting him. “It appears that there is no intention of ED to arrest him,” said the division bench comprising Chief Justice Shiavax Jal Vazifdar and Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal said on Tuesday, adding that his prayer for interim relief will not been taken up at this stage. “In case any attempt is made to arrest him by ED, he can file an application before the court,” the bench observed.
The case would now come up for hearing on July 19. Vora had been questioned by the Enforcement Directorate after he was summoned in his capacity as the Chairman and Managing Director of the AJL in connection with alleged irregularities in allotment of the plot to the company, which is the publisher of the National Herald newspaper, in Panchkula, Haryana, in 2005.
The agency had, last year, filed a criminal complaint and booked former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, AJL officials and others on charges of alleged money laundering, taking cognisance of a Haryana State Vigilance Bureau FIR. Vora and AJL had moved the HC seeking quashing of the enforcement case investigation report registered by the ED.
[dropcap color=”#008040″ boxed=”yes” boxed_radius=”8px” class=”” id=””]T[/dropcap]he CBI in April this year registered a case of criminal breach of trust by a public servant, cheating and criminal conspiracy against Hooda, the then Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) chairman, an ex-officio post held by him as the CM, and four other top officials of HUDA. Hooda had termed the action as “political vendetta” and said there was no wrongdoing. The plot had been initially allotted to AJL in 1982.
At one point, the Court said “don’t be so arrogant” when the Congress lawyer Abhishek Singhvi pressed for sending notice to Income Tax.
After the expiry of the lease period in 1996, the then Haryana Vikas Party government led by Bansi Lal took back its possession. It was re-allotted to AJL under the regime of Congress-led by Hooda after the party came to power in 2005.
It was alleged that the act by the then HUDA chairman and the officials had caused a huge financial loss to HUDA as the plot should have been sold through open auction instead of being alloted again to AJL.
Recently, Delhi High Court had rejected Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi’s petition to stop the Income Tax probe on the funding from Congress party to Young Indian and AJL. The HC had even asked the Congress leaders to cooperate with the Income Tax. At one point, the Court said “don’t be so arrogant” when the Congress lawyer Abhishek Singhvi pressed for sending notice to Income Tax.
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Think Mr. Vora life is in danger, he may be killed by Khangress anytime for he is a spent force & good to hide all the murky deals with his safe burial. Watchout. If this Vora is taken into custody & few gentle bamboo stick strokes, this rat will open up…. watchout for natural deaths in khangress party members, particularly who had the key murky deal transaction information. It is an Egyptian practice all King’s advisers & sympathizers to die together & buried along with King in the Pyramid. Unfortunately this custom (Sati) was practiced in India to avoid being raped by the Muslim invaders i.e. wife used to get buried or cremated or burnt along with husband dead body for the society then could not support nor offer security to the widow. Sonia Gandhi now aging & may die any time, all her advisers have to join her to Hell.
There’s been enough of shadow boxing in the ring by the corrupt Congress conspirators. And it’s excellent news that your PGurus Team is closely monitoring following their every hook and jab of defence. Now please help hasten the knock-out punch, and thereby give us an outstanding of “Swacch Bharat” campaign.
Sabhash Arvindji