New Delhi: The metropolis police on Thursday approached the Delhi High Court difficult a trial courtroom’s 2021 order discharging Congress chief Shashi Tharoor in connection together with his spouse Sunanda Pushkar’s loss of life case.

Justice D Okay Sharma requested the counsel for the Delhi Police to provide the copy of its petition to Tharoor’s counsel, who claimed the plea was not served to him and it was “deliberately” despatched on a unsuitable e mail id.

The excessive courtroom additionally issued discover and sought response of Tharoor on an software by police looking for to condone the delay in submitting the revision petition in opposition to the trial courtroom’s August 18, 2021 order.

It additionally directed that copies and paperwork regarding the case shall not be equipped to another particular person besides the events.

The excessive courtroom listed the matter for listening to on February 7, 2023.

Tharoor was discharged within the case greater than seven years after businesswoman Pushkar was discovered lifeless in a luxurious resort right here.

Pushkar, a outstanding face in Delhi circles, was discovered lifeless in a set of a luxurious resort on the night time of January 17, 2014. The couple had been staying within the resort as Tharoor’s official bungalow was being renovated on the time.

Tharoor was charged beneath the provisions of the IPC associated to cruelty and abetment to suicide however was not arrested within the case.

The Congress chief’s counsel maintained that there was no proof in opposition to him within the case. 

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