Gandhis oppose ED plea in National Herald case, call it ‘abuse of process of law’

Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have opposed, before the Delhi High Court, the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) challenge to a trial court order refusing to take cognisance of the agency’s complaint in the National Herald -linked money laundering case. The Gandhis termed the ED’s petition an “abuse of the process of law”.

In their response to the ED’s revision petition, the Gandhis said the challenge was “not maintainable”, and that the trial court’s December 16, 2025 order was “perfectly legal and sound in law, and does not suffer from any jurisdictional error, perversity, irregularity or illegality”.

The matter came up before Justice Sachin Datta on Tuesday (September 22, 2026), when the court was informed that the Gandhis had filed their replies on September 18. The matter has been listed for further hearing on October 12.