Allahabad HC asked the Centre to respond
posted on Oct 11, 2012 @ 5:12PM
Allahabad High Court has asked the centre to respond within three weeks on a petition seeking a probe into allegations levelled by Arvind Kejriwal against Robert Vadra. The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad HC granted the Centre three weeks time to file its preliminary objection regarding maintainability of a writ petition filed by social activist Nutan Thakur. The petitioner had sought court’s direction to the Prime Minister’s Office to consider conducting an inquiry into allegations of financial impropriety against Vadra made by Kejriwal and a Supreme Court lawyer. Additional Solicitor General Ashok Nigam strongly opposed the petition saying it was based on hearsay and was not maintainable. The petition was filed on October 9. The division bench comprising Justice Uma Nath Singh and Justice Virendra Kumar Dixit fixed November 21 as the next date of hearing. Mr. Kejriwal and Mr. Bhushan had alleged that Mr. Vadra, son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi had been hugely favoured by realty major DLF, a charge denied by both. They alleged that Vadra had bought property worth crores of rupees between 2007 and 2010 with an unsecured interest free loan of Rs 65 crore given by DLF, which refuted the claim.