New Delhi, May 15 -- The enforcement directorate (ED) on Thursday opposed before the Delhi high court a petition by businessman Robert Vadra-husband of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra-which challenged a trial court order summoning him in a money laundering case linked to alleged land deal irregularities in Shikohpur, Haryana, stating that the petition was based on false legal submissions.

The agency's counsel, Zoheb Hossain, urged a bench of justice Manoj Jain to dismiss the petition with costs. He countered the submissions made by Vadra's lawyer, AM Singhvi, that the ED lacked jurisdiction to initiate a money laundering case against his client since the offences alleged against him under the Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Cor...