Supreme Court To Hear Rana Ayyub's Petition Challenging Summons In PMLA Case On January 25

The petition filed by journalist Rana Ayyub challenging the summons issued by a Special PMLA Court at Ghaziabad has been listed on January 25, after the bench which was supposed to hear the matter today cancelled the sitting.

The petition was listed before a bench comprising Justices V Ramasubramanian and JB Pardiwala today. As the bench cancelled the sitting today, Advocate Vrinda Grover mentioned the matter before Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud seeking an urgent listing today itself, at either 2 PM or 4 PM.

When the CJI said that the matter can be posted on Friday (January 27), Grover pointed out that Ayyub has been asked to appear on that day at Ghaziabad court. CJI then agreed to post the matter day after tomorrow.

Ayyub has been summoned in a prosecution complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate over alleged FCRA violations in raising public funds for COVID relief. It was alleged that the funds raised by Ayyub through online crowdfunding platform Ketto violated FCRA.