Sunanda Pushkar case: Delhi HC dismisses Subramanian Swamy's petition

Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a suite in Delhi's Leela hotel on the night of January 17, 2014.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed the petition filed by senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy to re-investigate the Sunanda Pushkar murder case.

Central government and Delhi Police told high court that they don't subscribe to the view expressed by Swamy that probe in the case has been influenced by Shashi Tharoor.

The court said Swamy appears to have concealed data or information which he should have disclosed at the first instance.

It is left with distinct impression that this is perhaps a textbook example of "political interest litigation" being dressed up as PIL, said the court.

A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and I S Mehta said the petition by Swamy cannot be entertained as a PIL. The bench also said that from what was placed before the court, it was unable to be persuaded that the probe, being carried out by the SIT, is botched up or under the influence of any party.

The delay in the investigation was caused by the delay in de-sealing of the suite of Leela hotel. The hotel suite was finally de-sealed on October 16, three years after the room was sealed for investigation.

The Delhi Police, which was vested with the responsibility of de-sealing the suite, has on several occasions come under the fire of judiciary, for delaying the task.

Sunanda Pushkar, the wife of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a suite in Delhi's Leela hotel on the night of January 17, 2014.

In July, Subramanian Swamy had moved the Delhi High Court seeking a court-monitored probe by a CBI-led Special Investigation Team into the death of Sunanda Pushkar.

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