The court found that the itinerary and travel tickets for his trip to the UK indicated that Robert Vadra intended all along to stay in Dubai from August 25-29.
A court in Delhi on Monday refused to accept a statement by businessman Robert Vadra, husband of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, that he was in Dubai in August this year due to a medical emergency, issuing a flagship notice saying he was asked why his fixed deposit (FD) was filed with the court should not be forfeited.
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Special Judge Neelofer Abida Perveen of the Rouse Avenue Court issued a memorandum to Vadra on the occasion, saying: “I am unable to accept the allegation … that the applicant was compelled in the circumstances by medical necessity to attend the UAE to stay while traveling to UK via UAE for the simple reason that the itinerary submitted on 08/22/2022 and the copy of the travel tickets indicate that the applicant intended all the time, from 08/25/2022 to 08/29/2022 to stay in Dubai and then travel to London on 08/29/2022”, the court stated its order.
Vadra was granted permission to travel to the UK for four weeks via the United Arab Emirates, Spain and Italy on August 12.
Accordingly, on August 25 he departed for Britain via the United Arab Emirates and returned to India on September 8 within the stipulated time limit. Before the trip, he submitted a letter of commitment, together with an application with full details of the places of travel, flight tickets and addresses of the places where he is staying.
His lawyers had told the court that Vadra “remained in the United Arab Emirates before embarking on his onward journey because he had deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in his left leg and had been advised to rest adequately between long-haul flights.”
Due to inflammation and pain in his left leg during the trip, he had to stop and seek medical advice on August 27, 27 in Dubai at the LGA Medical Facilitation Center dedicated to traveler medical emergencies, where further medical treatment was recommended to him was , his lawyers had submitted.
“That his stoppage in the UAE during said trip to the UK was not with intent to breach any imposed condition, nor was there any attempt to deceive them, but because of medical necessity,” argued Vadra’s lawyers.
