A big banner of jailed Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal hangs from the balcony of a constructing. (PTI)
Arvind Kejriwal Arrest Information LIVE: The Supreme Court docket resumed listening to right this moment the plea filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal difficult his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a cash laundering case associated to the alleged Delhi excise coverage rip-off. A Bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will take up the matter at 2 pm. …Learn Extra
In the course of the earlier listening to on April 30, the apex court docket said that the ED would wish to justify the timing of Kejriwal’s arrest on March 21, which occurred merely per week after the Mannequin Code of Conduct for the Lok Sabha election got here into impact.
Justice Khanna informed ASG SV Raju, representing ED, “Liberty could be very exceedingly necessary, you may’t deny that. The final query is with regard to the timing of the arrest, which they (Arvind Kejriwal’s lawyer) have identified, the timing of the arrest, quickly earlier than the overall elections.”
Earlier this month, the Delhi excessive court docket upheld Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest, saying the company had no different possibility as he was not becoming a member of the probe.
Earlier than the court docket’s commentary, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, showing for Arvind Kejriwal, stated MP Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy was pressured to make an announcement in opposition to the Delhi chief minister in lieu of bail to his son Raghav.