The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the Enforcement Directorate over the timing of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest ahead of the general elections and sought a response from the agency.
A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta asked Additional Solicitor General SV Raju to respond on the issue of the hour and said, “Life and liberty are extremely important. “You can’t deny that.”
The court, which asked Raju several other questions, asked the probe agency to respond on the next date of hearing on Kejriwal’s statement challenging his arrest in the money laundering case related to the politics scam. special taxes.
The matter is likely to be discussed on Friday; Starting Wednesday, both judges will meet in different combinations. The top court issued notice to ED on April 15 and sought its response to Kejriwal’s plea.
On April 9, the high court upheld Kejriwal’s arrest, saying there was no illegality and the ED had “little options” after he skipped repeated summons and refused to join the probe.
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