Disproportionate assets case: Rahul Gandhi questions Allahabad HC order, says shift case

He
said
HC
passed
the
o de
without
efe e ce
to
a y
“fu dame tal
mate ial”
wa a ti g
such
a
di ective.

NEW
DELHI:
Questio i g
the
fai ess
of
Allahabad
HC’s
July-20
ex-pa te
o de
seeki g
CBI
a d
ED
i qui y
i to
his
alleged
disp opo tio ate
assets,
LoP
i
Lok
Sabha

Rahul
Ga dhi
has
equested

Sup eme
Cou t
to
t a sfe
the
PIL
f om
the
high
cou t
to
itself
o
a y
othe
HC
“to
secu e
e ds
of
justice
a d
p ese ve
public
co fide ce
i
the
fai ess
of
the
judicial
p ocess”.While
challe gi g
the
validity
of
the
HC
o de
a d
questio i g
its
fai ess
because
of
‘sec et
chambe
hea i g
a d
sealed
cove
p oceedi gs’,
Ga dhi
filed
a othe
petitio
seeki g
t a sfe
of
the
PIL
filed
by
S
Vig esh
Shishi
f om
Allahabad
HC
to
the
SC
o
a y
othe
HC.The
special
leave
petitio ,
as
pe
SC
website,
was
filed
o
Aug
7
th ough
advocate
P asa a
S,
egiste ed
o
Aug
12
a d
te tatively
scheduled
fo
hea i g
befo e
a
be ch
of
CJI
Su ya
Ka t,
a d
Justices
Joymalya
Bagchi
a d
V
Moha a
o
Aug
17.I
his
petitio ,
Ga dhi
said
p oceedi gs
befo e
HC
we e
amo g
the
a est
i sta ces
of
a
co stitutio al
cou t’s
o de
bei g
simulta eously
co t a y
to
ma y
fi st
p i ciples
laid
dow
by
SC.
“It
falls
so
fa
outside
the
settled
co tou s
of
w it
ju isdictio
that
to
call
them
e o eous
would
be
a
g oss
u de stateme t,”
he
added.

The
Co g ess
MP
accused
the
high
cou t
of
o de i g
a
fishi g
a d
ovi g
i qui y
by
multiple
age cies
agai st
his
alleged
disp opo tio ate
assets
th ough
“ext ao di a y
p oceedi gs
cha acte ised
by
u justified
sec ecy
of
i -chambe
hea i gs
a d
sealed
cove
pleadi gs
a d
docume ts.”

The
LoP
said
that
HC
did
ot
eve
bothe
to
issue
him
a
otice
fo
his
espo se
to
the
PIL
befo e
di ecti g
the
ovi g
i qui y
a d
did
ot
asce tai
whethe
the
petitio e
had
locus
sta di
o
bo a
fides,
the
PIL
was
mai tai able
a d
if
the
high
cou t
had
the
te ito ial
ju isdictio
to
pass
such
a
o de .He
said
HC
passed
the
o de
without
efe e ce
to
a y
“fu dame tal
mate ial”
wa a ti g
such
a
di ective.