Delhi HC dismisses Swamy's plea to probe Sunanda Pushkar's death
Swamy had filed a PIL, seeking a court-monitored enquiry into the mysterious death of Pushkar.
The PIL demanded an SIT probe, in a time-bound manner, and under the supervision of the Court.
Terming Swamy’s petition a “political interest litigation”, a two-judge bench said there was no reason to believe the investigation was being influenced by anyone as alleged by the BJP leader.
“It is extremely unfortunate that the court is being used in this manner,” the bench of justices S Muralidhar and IS Mehta said.
"Courts should be careful in not letting the judicial machinery being used by political personalities for their own purposes," the bench added.
The judges said the police report does not give impression that the investigation carried out by the Special Investigating Team into the death of Pushkar was being ‘botched up or was under the influence of anyone’.
Following a court order earlier in September, the Delhi Police on 16 October, de-sealed room No. 345 of Hotel Leela where Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in 2014.
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