Patiala House Court dismisses Congress leader Motilal Vora’s plea seeking to restrain BJP leader Subramanian Swamy from tweeting about the National Herald case

The Patiala house court has dismissed senior Congress leader Motilal Vora’s plea seeking to restrain BJP leader Subramanian Swamy from tweeting about the National Herald case on Monday.

This is a huge setback to the Congress as the party the authorities have so far decided infavourably against them in the case. The Haryana Governor on November 15 gave sanction to prosecute former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in the case and the Delhi High Court has refused to issue a stay on the Herald House eviction notice.

The party is also heading up to state elections this year and 2019 Lok Sabha poll preparations.

Swamy has also said that he would be asking for day-to-day hearing on the case. From Feb 1st I will ask for day to day hearing in NH case. Next date is Jan 11 for my cross examination", he tweeted.

READ | National Herald Case: From Sanction To Prosecute Bhupinder Singh Hooda To No Stay On AJL's Eviction, Here Are 10 Developments

In his petition, Vora had said that freedom of speech was not absolute, and added that Swamy should be restrained from posting anything on social media. He said this was in the interest of the administration of justice. He had also objected to the language used by Swamy in his tweets with regards to the case.

Swamy had also recorded a statement on August 25 before a Delhi court in connection with the case. He had told the court that he needed to tweet in order to inform his followers about the case.

READ: 'It Is An Attempt By BJP To Destroy Nehru Legacy', Says Sonia Gandhi- And Rahul Gandhi-owned AJL In National Herald Case

The BJP leader had filed the National Herald case on November 1, 2012 against Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and four others including Vora alleging land grab on the pretext of printing National Herald in several part of the country. The Congress party have denied the allegation. He has also alleged that the Gandhis and others he has mentioned in the case have committed a fraud of Rs 16 billion by acquiring a public limited company Associated Journals Limited (AJL) from Young Indian, and received land and publication rights of the paper.

READ: National Herald Case: This Is How Gandhis-owned AJL Was Violating The Land-use Agreement At Herald House In Delhi