Delhi High Court to pronounce on Tuesday verdict on Arvind Kejriwal”s plea challenging his arrest and ED remand in excise policy-linked money laundering case. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma is likely to pronounce the judgment around 2:30 pm, Live Law reported. CM Arvind was arrested on March 21 by ED and is currently in judicial custody. Besides his arrest, Kejriwal has also challenged his subsequent remand in the Enforcement Directorate’s custody. He was later remanded in judicial custody and is currently lodged in Tihar jail.
The AAP national convener has questioned the “timing” of his arrest by the agency and said it was in contravention of the basic structure of the Constitution, including democracy, free and fair elections and level playing field. The ED has opposed the plea and contended that Kejriwal cannot claim “immunity” from arrest on the ground of upcoming elections as law is applied equally to him and an ‘aam aadmi’.
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Delhi HC to pronounce verdict tomorrow on CM Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging his ED arrest
