Supreme Court to hear Arvind Kejriwal's plea against arrest today

Supreme Court to hear Arvind Kejriwal’s plea against arrest today

The Supreme Court will on Monday hear Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging his March 21 arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in connection to a money laundering case linked to the liquor policy case, after it was dismissed by the Delhi High Court on April 9.

A two-judge bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will hear the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo’s petition at around 10/30 am.

The 14-day judicial custody of Kejriwal, who is currently lodged at the Tihar Jail, will also end on Monday.

Kejriwal moved the Supreme Court on April 10, a day after the Delhi High Court had dismissed his petition, saying that he had “conspired with others” in the case.

At the Supreme Court, senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who appeared for the Delhi Chief Minister, said that Kejriwal’s “arrest and remand were based on an unreliable document supressed from us”.

The AAP national convenor’s petition also states that his arrest was made “in a motivated manner” and was solely based on subsequent, contradictory and “highly belated statements of co-accused” who have now turned approvers.

It has sought his release and to declare the arrest “illegal”.

While dismissing Kejriwal’s plea on April 9, the Delhi High Court had also said that he was “actively involved in using the proceeds of crime”, according to materials provided by the Enforcement Directorate.

The court further said that he was involved in a personal capacity in the formulation of the now-scrapped liquor policy and demanding kickbacks, and as the national convenor of AAP, he participated in activities linked to the scandal.

Also on Monday, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is scheduled to meet Kejriwal in Tihar Jail.

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