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Delhi High Court denied an urgent listing of the plea filed by Delhi CM and AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest and custody in the case.
The Delhi High Court on Saturday denied an urgent listing of the plea by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest and custody in the Delhi Excise policy case.
Arvind Kejriwal, on Saturday moved the Delhi High Court, challenging his arrest and the order of remand granted by the trial court on March 22.
However, the Delhi High Court denied the same. The matter will be listed on the court's reopening on Wednesday, the Registrar General of the Delhi High Court confirmed.
CM Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in connection with the now-scrapped excise policy case.
His legal team said that his plea in Delhi HC stated that both the arrest and the remand order are 'illegal' and he is entitled to be released from custody immediately.
An immediate hearing has been sought from the Acting Chief Justice, preferably on Sunday, March 24.
The ED, which was given the custody of Delhi CM till March 28 by the court, has alleged that the Aam Adami Party (AAP) is the major beneficiary of the proceeds of crime generated in the alleged liquor scam.
The Rouse Avenue Court on Friday remanded Kejriwal to six days of ED custody in the money laundering case related to the alleged liquor policy scam case till March 28.
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Delhi HC denies urgent listing of plea filed by Delhi CM
Delhi High Court denied an urgent listing of the plea filed by Delhi CM and AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest and custody in the case. An urgent mentioning was made by his counsel for an urgent listing. The HC denied it and the matter will be listed on reopening on Wednesday, reported ANI.
Arvind Kejriwal moves Delhi High Court
His legal team says the plea in Delhi HC stated that both the arrest and the remand order are illegal and he is entitled to be released from custody immediately. An immediate hearing has been sought from the Acting Chief Justice, preferably by Sunday 24th March, reported ANI.
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A day after a Delhi court sent Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to the custody of the Directorate of Enforcement, senior AAP leader and minister Atishi alleged that the money trail was found in the BJP's account and challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ED to 'arrest' BJP national president JP Nadda.
Addressing a press conference here, Atishi asserted that, till date, no money trail has been found connected to any AAP leader.
"In the so-called excise policy scam of Delhi, CBI and ED investigations have been going on for the past two years. In these two years, a question has come up again and again Where is the money trail? Where did the money go? No proceeds of crime were recovered from any leader, minister or worker of AAP," Atishi said. (ANI)
Security personnel continue to patrol central Delhi on Saturday amid a call by the AAP to gather at Shaheedi Park to protest against the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with an excise policy-linked money-laundering case.
A medical team on Saturday morning left the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Delhi. In the late hours of Friday, the medical team arrived at the ED's office to conduct a medical check-up on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday took a jibe at the BJP over the recent arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
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