Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma to hear the matter…
New Delhi: On Wednesday, 27 March 2024, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenged in Delhi High Court his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case. It is related to the now-scrapped liquor policy.
The bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma has passed over the matter for a hearing after Mr. Kejriwal's counsel, Senior Advocate Abhishek Singhvi questioned the agency's "delaying tactics".
Appearing for the ED, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju said, on Tuesday, the agency got a copy of Mr. Kejriwal's petition and sought three weeks' time to file a reply.
Mr. Singhvi responded, "The person has been jailed. On March 23, the petition was filed.
I am sure Mr. Raju does not want us to serve the defective copy to him. Defects were cleared late last night and we shared the petition with him then."
Justice Sharma then said she will seek a reply and give a short date for the hearing.
Mr. Singhvi said he has challenged the remand that ends tomorrow. "I am asking to decide the basis of the remand. That requires no reply from anyone."
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