Arvind Kejriwal Challenges In Delhi HC All ED Summons In Excise Policy Case, Hearing Tomorrow

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has moved the Delhi High Court difficult all summons issued to him by the Enforcement Directorate within the excise coverage case. A bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Manoj Jain is scheduled to listen to the matter on Wednesday. According to the authorized workforce of the Delhi Chief Minister, all 9 summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have been challenged. The plea known as these summons unconstitutional and unlawful.

The plea has additionally challenged the vires of a number of provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Last week, the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Rouse Avenue Court granted bail to Arvind Kejriwal on two complaints filed by ED for non-compliance with summons issued by the company. During the listening to, Kejriwal appeared bodily earlier than the courtroom.

According to the ED, the company needs to document Kejriwal’s assertion within the case on points just like the formulation of coverage, conferences held earlier than it was finalized, and allegations of bribery. In its sixth cost sheet filed within the case on December 2, 2023, naming AAP chief Sanjay Singh and his aide Sarvesh Mishra, the ED claimed that the AAP used kickbacks price Rs 45 crore generated by way of the coverage as a part of its meeting elections marketing campaign in Goa in 2022.

The now-scrapped excise coverage was aimed “at revitalizing the city’s flagging liquor business” and changing a sales-volume-based regime with a licence price for merchants. Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena had ordered a probe into alleged irregularities within the coverage. AAP has accused Saxena’s predecessor, Anil Baijal, of sabotaging the transfer with a couple of last-minute modifications that resulted in lower-than-expected revenues.

Two senior AAP leaders, Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh, are in judicial custody within the case. Sisodia, who was the then Delhi Deputy Chief Minister, was arrested by the CBI on February 26 following a number of rounds of questioning. On October 5, ED arrested Sanjay Singh, who’s a Rajya Sabha member.