Delhi High Court reserves order on Mahua Moitra’s plea

The Delhi High Court on Thursday said it will on Friday issue an order on Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra’s plea against the leakage of “sensitive” information to the media in relation to an Enforcement Directorate probe against her under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).

The High Court orally remarked that the news reports in question made factual assertions. “That is news. You are a public person. It is only a factual assertion...As of now, there is nothing...Orders for tomorrow,” the Court remarked.

Senior advocate Rebecca John, appearing for Ms. Moitra, contended that information about the case was published by the media even before Ms. Moitra received the summons.