In a big respite for Rujira Narula Banerjee the wife of Trinamool Congress MP and its national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, the Delhi High Court on Monday exempted her from personal appearance in multi-crore coal scam case at the Delhi office of Enforcement Directorate one of the agencies investigating the case.
The Bench of Justice Yogesh Khanna granted permission to Narula via a lawyer before adjourning the matter for October 29. The Court is also examining Abhishek Banerjee’s petition challenging several summons to the couple by the ED.
Earlier the wife of Abhishek Banerjee who is also the nephew of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had moved the Delhi High Court challenging a lower court order directing her to appear before it physically on October 12. Earlier she had appeared virtually on the grounds that she was a mother of small children and her venturing out of Kolkata during corona times could be a health risk for them too.
While Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appeared for the ED and strongly opposed the petition filed by Abhishek Banerjee and his wife challenging ED
summons the Banerjee’s were represented by senior lawyer Kapil Sibal.
Narula Banerjee had pleaded before the High Court that she had not only cooperated with the investigating agency appearing before its officials in Kolkata whenever summoned but also the ED had faulted in summoning her out of Kolkata without conducting any preliminary investigating against her.