New Delhi, Jan 17(Representative) Journalist Rana Ayyub knocked the doors of the Supreme Court challenging the summons issued to her by the Ghaziabad Court in a PMLA case. Senior lawyer Vrinda Grover, appearing for Rana Ayyub today mentioned the matter before the Supreme Court’s two-judge bench, headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dr Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chadrachud and also comprising Justice PS Narasimha, for an early hearing in the matter, to which, the Top Court agreed to hear it on January 23, Monday.
Grover mentioned the plea for an urgent hearing as the Petitioner (Rana Ayyub) has been summoned on Janaury 27, by the Ghaziabad court. CJI Dr Chandrachud directed that the matter be listed for hearing on Monday, January 23. The summon was issued against Rana Ayyub, for Janaury 27, by the Ghaziabad Court in Uttar Pradesh, in relation to a PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) Case. In October 2022, the ED (Enforcement Directorate) had filed a complaint against her before the Ghaziabad court over alleged violations in publicly raising funds for COVID relief. “The investigation has established that Rana Ayyub had launched the fund raising campaigns with the sole intention to cheat the general public and acquired proceeds of crime in form of fixed deposits and balances in bank accounts projecting them as untainted,” said the Enforcement Directorate.