Rana Ayyub’s petition challenging the summons issued to her by a Ghaziabad court in a PMLA case has been dismissed by the Supreme Court, according to LiveLaw. The court said the trial can decide where the alleged offence of money laundering took place as a “question of fact”.
A bench of Justices V Ramasubramanian and JB Pardiwala allowed Ayyub to raise the matter before the special CBI court in Ghaziabad. The court had earlier reserved its judgment on Ayyub’s petition. On January 25, it had asked a special court in Ghaziabad to adjourn the proceedings against the journalist until the top court decides the matter. The top court had said its request to defer the hearing in Ghaziabad did not reflect the merit of the case and was only a decision taken due to lack of time.
