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Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 within the delhi excise coverage case. (Picture: PTI)
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will hear on April 15 Kejriwal’s petition difficult the Delhi Excessive Courtroom’s April 9 order
The Supreme Courtroom is scheduled to listen to on Monday Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea in opposition to a excessive court docket order that has upheld his arrest in a money-laundering case stemming from the alleged excise coverage rip-off.
In keeping with the trigger listing uploaded on the apex court docket’s web site, a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will hear on April 15 Kejriwal’s petition difficult the Delhi Excessive Courtroom’s April 9 order.
In an enormous blow to the chief minister, the excessive court docket has upheld his arrest within the money-laundering case, saying the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was left with “little choice” after he skipped repeated summonses and refused to affix the investigation.
The excessive court docket has dismissed the Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP) chief’s petition difficult his arrest by the ED and subsequent remand within the federal company’s custody.
The matter pertains to alleged corruption and cash laundering within the formulation and execution of the Delhi authorities’s excise coverage for 2021-22 that was later scrapped.
Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21, hours after the excessive court docket refused to grant him safety from coercive motion by the federal anti-money laundering company.
He’s in judicial custody until April 15 and is at the moment lodged in Tihar Jail.
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