Delhi High Court has issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate on the petition of Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case related to the alleged scam in Delhi’s excise policy. Kejriwal had filed a petition in the Delhi High Court demanding a stay on the proceedings going on in the lower court. He has challenged the order of the trial court to take cognizance of the ED charge sheet against him.
Kejriwal says that ED had not taken the necessary approval from the competent authority to prosecute him. In such a situation, the order of the trial court to take cognizance of the charge sheet is wrong. The court has fixed the next hearing of the case on December 20.
Refusal to stay trial court proceedings
The High Court refused to stay the trial court proceedings. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the court that necessary approval has been received to prosecute Arvind Kejriwal. The court has directed ED to file an affidavit on this.
Kejriwal is out on bail
Arvind Kejriwal is currently out on bail. Two investigating agencies ED and CBI have registered a case against him in the liquor scam. The Supreme Court had granted him bail in the CBI case on 13 September and in the ED case on 12 July. Kejriwal was arrested by ED on March 21. After 10 days of interrogation, he was sent to Tihar Jail on 1 April.
Have spent 156 days in jail
After this, on May 10, interim release was given for 21 days for Lok Sabha election campaign. During this period, after being in jail for 51 days, he surrendered in Tihar Jail on 2 June. At the time of his release on September 13, Kejriwal had spent a total of 177 days in jail. Out of these, he remained on interim bail for 21 days. Till now Kejriwal has spent a total of 156 days in jail.
