Sunanda Pushkar Case: Delhi HC Issues Notice To Shashi Tharoor After Police Challenge His Acquittal

The notice was issued after Delhi police approached the high court against a trial court's order to acquit Shashi Tharoor.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor

Source : PTI

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in connection with his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death case. The Delhi police earlier approached the high court challenging a trial court’s order discharging Tharoor in the case in 2021. 

According to PTI, Justice D K Sharma asked the counsel for the Delhi Police to supply a copy of its petition to Tharoor's counsel, who claimed the plea was not served to him and it was "deliberately" sent on a wrong email id. 

The court also issued notice to Shashi Tharoor on an application moved by Delhi Police seeking 'condonation of delay' in filing the revision petition against the trial court’s 2021 order.  

CORRECTION | Delhi High Court issued notice to Shashi Tharoor on an application moved by Delhi Police seeking 'condonation of delay' in filing the revision petition. Court fixed the matter for February 7, 2023

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The court also instructed not to share copies of any document related to the case with anyone except the parties after Tharoor’s lawyer senior advocate Vikas Pahwa apprised the Court that during the trial, various orders were passed by the lower courts and the high court. 

The case has now been listed for hearing on February 7, 2023. 

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Earlier, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor was acquitted by a Delhi Court in the case on August 18, 2021. During a virtual hearing, special judge Geetanjali Goel pronounced the order in the presence of Tharoor himself, senior advocate Vikas Pahwa who was appearing for Tharoor & additional public prosecutor Atul Srivastava. 

Sunanda Pushkar was found dead at a five-star hotel in New Delhi in January 2014, the following year an FIR was charged in this regard. Later in May 2018, the prosecution charged him with abetment to suicide and martial cruelty under sections 306 and 498A of the Indian Penal Code and later for murder under Section 302. 

The Congress leader's counsel maintained that there was no evidence against him in the case. 

(With Agency Inputs)