A Delhi court on Tuesday refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's money laundering case against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and five others in the National Herald case.
The Rouse Avenue Court said the agency's prosecution complaint - filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, or PMLA - was not maintainable since the case was based on a private complaint - i.e., filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy - and not a First Information Report, or FIR.