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Kejriwal has moved the courtroom within the wake of the most recent summons, the ninth issued by the ED asking him to look earlier than it on March 21 for questioning beneath the provisions of PMLA | Photo: PTI
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the stand of the Enforcement Directorate on a petition by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal difficult the summons issued to him in an excise policy-linked cash laundering case.
The investigating company claimed the petition of the AAP nationwide convenor, which additionally challenges sure provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, was not maintainable.
A bench headed by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait granted two weeks’ time to the ED to file its reply on this side.
Kejriwal has moved the courtroom within the wake of the most recent summons, the ninth issued by the ED asking him to look earlier than it on March 21 for questioning beneath the provisions of PMLA.
Senior advocate AM Singhvi, showing for Kejriwal, stated the petition raises a number of points, together with whether or not a political occasion is roofed by the anti-money laundering legislation.
The courtroom additionally requested the AAP chief why he was not showing pursuant to the summons to him.
The senior lawyer for the petitioner stated safety from coercive motion is required within the matter due to the company’s “clear intent” to apprehend him when elections are across the nook.
Kejriwal has repeatedly refused to look in response to those summonses, calling them unlawful.
The case pertains to alleged corruption in formulating and executing the town authorities’s excise coverage for 2021-22, which was later scrapped.
Following a suggestion by Lt Governor V Okay Saxena, the CBI registered an FIR over alleged corruption which subsequently resulted within the cash laundering probe.
The businesses have claimed that irregularities had been dedicated whereas modifying the excise coverage and undue favours had been prolonged to licence holders.
AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh are in judicial custody within the case.
Kejriwal’s identify has been talked about a number of instances within the cost sheets filed by the ED within the excise coverage case. The company has alleged that the accused had been in contact with Kejriwal for formulating the excise coverage that resulted in undue advantages for them in return for which they paid kickbacks to the Aam Aadmi Party.
A Delhi courtroom had on Saturday granted bail to Kejriwal on two complaints filed by the ED towards him for skipping six of the earlier eight summonses within the cash laundering case.
The matter can be heard subsequent on April 22.
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First Published: Mar 20 2024 | 1:01 PM IST
