Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will present a plea to the Supreme Court contesting his apprehension by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and subsequent remand in relation to the Delhi excise policy issue, today. The petition will be heard by a bench consisting of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, according to sources.
Kejriwal was arrested in connection with the money laundering probe linked to the alleged irregularities in the now cancelled Delhi excise policy on March 21 and is currently lodged in Tihar jail. His judicial custody was extended till April 15 in the last hearing.
Earlier, the AAP leader had moved the top court challenging a Delhi high court judgment that dismissed his plea on April 9. According to the high court, the ED had sufficient materials to justify the arrest, adding that it was an “inevitable consequence of his non-cooperation” with the probe agency. The court also observed that the central agency could not be blamed for “choosing the timing” of the chief minister’s arrest.
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