Delhi HC quashes Kejriwal's plea seeking stay on trial
What's the story
The Delhi High Court has declined to stay trial court proceedings against former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case related to the excise policy scam. The ruling came after Kejriwal challenged the trial court's acceptance of prosecution complaints from the Enforcement Directorate (ED). His legal team argued that the proceedings lacked necessary sanction and questioned the maintainability of the ED's complaint.
Legal proceedings
Court rejects Kejriwal's challenge to ED's summonses
Specifically, Kejriwal's plea challenged a September 17 ruling by a sessions court which had denied his plea to quash summonses against him. The ED had filed complaints in a magisterial court against Kejriwal for allegedly not responding to several summonses in connection with the now-scrapped excise policy. On November 12, the Delhi High Court asked the ED to respond to Kejriwal's plea challenging the summonses.
Upcoming hearing
High court schedules detailed hearing for December
Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri of the Delhi High Court stressed that the order being challenged was from two months ago and declined to stay the trial. The court has now listed a detailed hearing for December 20, 2024. Kejriwal was previously granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in both the money laundering case and in the case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in relation to the now-scrapped excise policy.