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Excise tax scam: Delhi HC refuses to stay trial against Arvind Kejriwal in money laundering case | India News – Times of India
The Supreme Court also issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate on a plea filed by Kejriwal against the court’s decision to hear the prosecution complaints of the Central Investigation Agency in the Excise Policy case, citing lack of sanction.
The court fixed December 20, 2024 for a detailed hearing.
This comes a day after Kejriwal moved the court to set aside a trial court order on the ground that the special judge had taken cognizance of the charge sheet without any sanction for his prosecution when he became the chief minister of Delhi was, a civil servant. when the criminal offense was allegedly committed.
On November 12, the court sought response from ED on Kejriwal’s other plea against the summons sent to him following the agency’s complaint in the money laundering case. The court refused to suspend the trial court’s proceedings at this stage of the criminal case.
Kejriwal was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in the money laundering case on July 12. He was granted bail by the Supreme Court in the CBI case on September 13.
The Delhi government introduced the excise policy on November 17, 2021 and scrapped it at the end of September 2022 amid allegations of corruption. The money laundering case stems from a CBI FIR filed after Delhi LG VK Saxena recommended a probe into the alleged irregularities in the implementation of the excise policy.
