In a major setback for Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi, the Delhi High Court on Friday allowed the Income Tax (I-T) department to continue its investigation in the National Herald case.
The investigation is based on a criminal complaint made by Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Subramaniam Swamy in 2012, which has accused the Gandhis of a conspiracy to cheat and criminally misappropriate funds by paying a mere Rs 50 lakh for Young Indian Private Limited (YIPL) to acquire the right to recover Rs 90.25 crore which the publishers of National Herald – Associate Journals Limited –