India: Court warns Vadra to remain careful in future, accepts explanation for 4-day stopover at UAE

Robert Vadra

New Delhi, Sep 24 (PTI) A Delhi court on Saturday discharged a show-cause notice issued to Robert Vadra for allegedly violating terms and conditions while travelling to the UK via Dubai but warned him to remain careful in future.

Earlier, on September 20, refusing to accept his assertion that he was "forced or compelled to stay in Dubai on account of medical exigencies while travelling via UAE to the UK", the court issued the show-cause notice asking why his fixed deposit receipt (FDR) of Rs 25 lakh should not be forfeited.  "... From the contents of the affidavit, I am satisfied that the omission is not intentional, the explanation is not an afterthought, and conduct of the applicant does not lack bona fides and good faith," special judge Neelofar Abida Parveen said.  Discharging the show-cause notice, the judge further said that Vadra had "tendered an unqualified and unconditional apology for the lapse which was accepted", and "the applicant is warned to remain careful in future".

The court then took on record Vadra's compliance report, saying he had "shown sufficient cause and satisfactory explanation for the four days stop over at UAE".