The Supreme Court took action Monday by asking a response from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) regarding a plea filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, challenging his arrest in a money-laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam.
A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta issued notice to the ED in response to Kejriwal’s plea, which contests the Delhi High Court’s order upholding his arrest in the case.
The bench has directed the ED to submit a reply to the plea by April 24 and scheduled the matter for hearing in the week commencing April 29.
The Delhi High Court, on April 9, upheld Kejriwal’s arrest in the money-laundering case, stating that the ED had few options left after he repeatedly ignored summonses and declined to participate in the investigation.
The high court dismissed the petition filed by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, challenging his arrest by the ED and subsequent remand in the custody of the federal agency.
The matter pertains to alleged corruption and money laundering in the formulation and execution of the Delhi government’s excise policy for 2021-22 that was later scrapped.
Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21, hours after the high court refused to grant him protection from coercive action by the federal anti-money laundering agency.
He is in currently lodged in Tihar Jail.
With inputs from PTI
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SC seeks ED’s reply on Kejriwal’s plea against arrest in money laundering case
