Haryana land deal case: Robert Vadra withdraws plea in Delhi High Court against trial court summons
Robert Vadra has withdrawn his petition in the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court summons related to a money-laundering case. The case is linked to a controversial land deal in Haryana's Shikohpur that occurred between 2008 and 2012. Vadra's counsel indicated that he would make submissions before the trial court at a later stage.
- ▪Robert Vadra unconditionally withdrew his petition in the Delhi High Court.
- ▪The case involves a land deal in Haryana's Shikohpur, where Vadra was previously a director of Skylight Hospitality Private Limited.
- ▪The Enforcement Directorate opposed Vadra's petition, claiming it was based on a false legal submission.
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Businessman Robert Vadra on Monday (May 18, 2026) unconditionally withdrew in the Delhi High Court his petition challenging a trial court order that summoned him in a money-laundering case linked to a land deal in Haryana's Shikohpur."Learned counsel for the petitioner, at the very outset, submits that as per his instructions, the petitioner is not interested in pursuing the present petition and they seek to withdraw the same unconditionally," Justice Manoj Jain recorded in the order. Robert Vadra secures pre-arrest bail in Shikohpur land transaction case“The counsel for Mr. Vadra, the husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, said he would make "appropriate submissions" before the trial court at an "appropriate stage".
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