Arvind Kejriwal withdraws Supreme Court plea against emergency department arrest: here’s why
Lawyer Abhishek Singhvi said Arvind Kejriwal will challenge the remand proceedings in the court and then return to the Supreme Court with a fresh petition.
Arvind Kejriwal arrest: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremacy and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal On Friday he withdrew his plea High Council disputes his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy ‘scam’.
Hours after the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case MONKEY plea from the leader, senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, who represents Kejriwalinformed an apex bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna that the Delhi CM withdrew his plea.
Advocate Singhvi told the Supreme Court bench that since the remand proceedings in the trial court will clash with the hearing in the top court later in the day, he may withdraw the plea.
He said Kejriwal will challenge the remand proceedings in court and then return to the apex court with a fresh petition.
“You can go there (to court). Just write an email to the registry. We will see,” Justice Khanna told Singhvi.
Singhvi replied, “I will write a letter to the registry. I had to report this again to this court, so that it suits your Lordships.”
Earlier in the day, Justice Khanna Singhvi had told that Kejriwal’s petition against his arrest would be heard by a three-judge bench during the day.
Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on Thursday evening in an alleged money laundering case related to the alleged excise ‘scam’ in Delhi. Kejriwal was taken to the probe agency’s headquarters in the national capital around 11 p.m., according to officials.
Kejriwal’s arrest, first of a sitting chief minister, came hours after the Delhi High Court refused to grant protection to the AAP supremos against coercive action by the federal agency.
After his arrest, Kejriwal had moved the Supreme Court late Thursday, seeking to quash the ED action against him.
(With PTI inputs)