Delhi HC exempts Rujira Banerjee from physical appearance in court

The Delhi High Court granted relief to Rujira Banerjee, wife of Trinamool Congress national secretary Abhishek Banerjee, stating that she does not need to appear personally before the Patiala House Court in response to the summons of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering and coal scam.

Rujira Banerjee had approached the Delhi High Court with regard to the ED summons and challenged the subsequent issuance of summons for physical appearance in the case.

The ED had summoned her before a trial court in a money laundering case linked to an alleged coal scam in West Bengal. Rujira was asked to appear before the Patiala House court on October 12. The next hearing of the case is on November 29.


Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, fighting the case on behalf of the ED, said that he will not insist on Rujira Banerjee's physical appearance in court and that she could be represented by her lawyer.