A Delhi court has postponed the hearing regarding the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) prosecution complaint against businessman Robert Vadra and others in a money laundering case related to a 2008 land deal in Gurugram’s Shikohpur village. The proceedings have been adjourned to January 22, 2026, for the ED’s plea on taking cognisance of the charge sheet under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The ED has alleged that Vadra, the husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and son-in-law of former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, illicitly gained from a land transaction involving 3.53 acres of land in Haryana. The agency claims that the proceeds of crime were funneled through multiple companies controlled by Vadra.
Previously, a Delhi court had issued notices to Vadra and other proposed accused individuals, citing the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) that mandates affording the accused an opportunity to be heard before taking cognisance of a complaint. The ED has identified Rs 58 crore as proceeds of crime and has provisionally attached 43 immovable properties worth Rs 38.69 crore, linked to Vadra and associated entities.
The ED has requested a maximum penalty of seven years’ rigorous imprisonment under the PMLA Section 4, along with the confiscation of the attached properties. In 2012, senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka had annulled the Shikohpur land deal due to procedural irregularities, leading to subsequent legal actions after a change in government in Haryana.
