India, Nov. 29 -- A Delhi court on Saturday deferred its order on taking cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) chargesheet in the National Herald case, pushing the pronouncement to December 16.

Special Judge Vishal Gogne postponed the decision on the chargesheet, in which the ED has accused Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, late leaders Motilal Vora and Oscar Fernandes, journalist Suman Dubey, technocrat Sam Pitroda, and the company Young Indian of conspiracy and money laundering.

According to the ED, the accused allegedly acquired properties worth around Rs.2,000 crore belonging to Associated Journals Limited (AJL) - the publisher of the National Herald - through Young Indian. The investigation agency claims th...