Excise coverage rip-off case: Kejriwal strikes classes courtroom difficult summons | Politics News

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Kejriwal has until date skipped eight summons issued by the company, the ED mentioned | Photo: PTI


Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has moved a classes courtroom right here difficult the summons issued to him by a decrease courtroom on two complaints filed by the Enforcement Directorate for evading its summons in a cash laundering case associated to the alleged excise rip-off.


Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Syal is prone to hear Kejriwal’s functions later within the day.


Kejriwal moved the classes courtroom in opposition to orders handed by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Divya Malhotra, who has directed Kejriwal to look earlier than the courtroom on March 16.


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had filed two complaints earlier than the magisterial courtroom searching for prosecution of Kejriwal for skipping a number of summons issued to him within the case.


The newest grievance pertains to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) nationwide convenor not honouring summons quantity 4 to eight despatched by the federal probe company below Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the ED mentioned.


The ED had earlier moved the magisterial courtroom searching for Kejriwal’s prosecution for not attending the primary three summons issued to him within the cash laundering case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise coverage.


The courtroom of ACMM Malhotra has listed the matter (relating to summons primary to 3) for listening to on March 16 together with the opposite grievance.


Kejriwal has until date skipped eight summons issued by the company, the ED mentioned.

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First Published: Mar 14 2024 | 10:45 AM IST