Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will proceed to stay in custody, because the Delhi Excessive Court docket didn’t grant any fast reduction to the jailed AAP chief on a plea difficult his arrest in a cash laundering case linked to the alleged excise coverage rip-off.
Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma gave Enforcement Directorate time until April 2 to file a reply to Kejriwal’s interim plea searching for launch from the company’s custody.
The matter will probably be heard on April 3 and no adjournment shall be granted then, the court docket stated.
Kejriwal had challenged his arrest by the ED in a cash laundering case associated to the now-scrapped liquor coverage.
Showing for the ED, Further Solicitor Common SV Raju stated the company received a replica of Kejriwal’s petition solely yesterday and sought three weeks’ time to file an in depth reply.
Senior Advocate AM Singhvi, showing for the AAP chief, alleged that the request to file a response was a delay tactic.
The court docket noticed that it is going to be unfair to not give a chance to the Directorate of Enforcement to rebut the submissions made by Kejriwal’s counsel by means of submitting of an in depth response.
Kejriwal has stated in his petition that his arrest violated his human rights and that the ED has did not show the crime. “Arrest with out interrogation exhibits that the present motion is politically motivated,” he has stated, demanding fast launch from jail and the cancellation of remand.
