Arvind Kejriwal seeks quashing of order over ED’s supplementary cost sheet | Newest Information India

On July 9, the town court docket took cognisance of the cost sheet and issued manufacturing warrants towards Kejriwal noting that there was adequate materials on file to proceed towards the accused. The ED filed a 200-page cost sheet naming Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) as accused on Might 17.

The excessive court docket on November 12 refused to right away keep trial court docket proceedings towards Kejriwal in a case ED filed towards him for allegedly disobeying the company’s summons within the excise coverage case.

Kejriwal’s contemporary plea referred to the Supreme Court docket’s ruling within the Bibhu Prasad Acharya case (2024) that stated prior sanction was required to prosecute public servants for cash laundering. The highest court docket established a key procedural safeguard underneath the stringent Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) and added a layer of accountability to prosecutions involving public servants.

Kejriwal’s plea stated the town court docket erred in taking cognisance with out the ED acquiring earlier sanctions.

The ED arrested Kejriwal on March 21 earlier than the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took him into custody on June 26. On July 12, the Supreme Court docket granted interim bail to Kejriwal within the ED case, acknowledging that he has spent over 90 days in incarceration. The court docket reiterated bail is the rule, and jail an exception whereas granting Kejriwal bail within the CBI case on September 12.

The case towards Kejriwal stemmed from allegations of irregularities in Delhi’s now-scrapped excise coverage of 2021-22. The CBI started probing the case following the Delhi lieutenant governor’s advice in July 2022.