A Delhi court has set aside a magistrate’s order refusing to probe allegations against senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi over her inclusion in electoral rolls, in a case dating to a period three years before she acquired Indian citizenship.
Special Judge Vishal Gogne of the Rouse Avenue Court, while orally reading the operative portion of the order, said the magistrate’s decision passed in September last year was at variance with the allegations made by the petitioner regarding the alleged forgery. Judge Gogne said the magistrate had passed a “perverse and improper” order without giving the investigating officer of the Delhi Police sufficient time to respond to the allegations and submit a status report.
The court has remanded the matter back to the magistrate for an appropriate inquiry and hearing the matter afresh by a special court on September 29.
The court also termed the magistrate’s order “non-speaking” with regard to the facts of the case. The court said that the magistrate order branded complaint as lacking particulars and that it suffers from manifest error of law.
