Court docket summons Robert Vadra, 8 others in laundering case on Could 16 | India Information – The Instances of India


New Delhi: A Delhi court docket on Wednesday took cognisance of costs in opposition to businessman Robert Vadra in a cash laundering case linked to the Shikohpur land deal in Gurgaon, directing him and eight different accused to seem on Could 16, experiences Koushiki Saha.ED’s prosecution grievance (equal to a chargesheet), filed in July 2025, characterised the deal as a classy scheme to generate and layer proceeds of crime, with Vadra as the principle beneficiary. Vadra has denied any wro-ngdoing, calling the case “political vendetta” in opposition to him and his household, together with his spouse, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi and chief of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.Moreover Vadra, summonses have been issued to Kewal Singh Virk, Skylight Hospitality LLP, Sky Gentle Realty Pvt Ltd, Actual Earth Estates LLP, Blue Breeze Buying and selling LLP, North India IT Parks LLP, Lambodar Artwork Enterprises India LLP and SGY Properties Pvt Ltd (beforehand Onkareshwar Properties Pvt Ltd). The court docket, nonetheless, didn’t summon one other accused, Satyanand Yajee, saying there was no materials to proceed in opposition to him.The case stems from a Feb 2008 transaction during which Skylight Hospitality, the place Vadra was earlier a director, bought 3.5 acres of land in Shikohpur for Rs 7.5 crore. The corporate bought the land to DLF for Rs 58 crore in Sept 2012.Further periods choose Sushant Changotra, whereas analyzing ED’s prosecution grievance, underscored the “very slender” scope of inquiry at this stage, saying the court docket was solely required to broadly scrutinise the paperwork and fulfill itself that prima facie, there have been “ample grounds for continuing additional with the case”.The court docket famous that Vadra, because the “main shareholder and first director/associate”, had allegedly performed an lively position in offences beneath sections 3 and 4 of PMLA.