Delhi Excise Policy Case: No interim relief for Kejriwal; SC issues notice to ED, to hear case in last week of April

Delhi Excise Policy Case LIVE: Supreme Court issues notice to Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a plea of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest by ED and his subsequent remand in the excise policy case.

Supreme Court asks ED to file its response on or before April 24. Supreme Court posts the plea of Kejriwal on the week commencing from April 29.



Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi appearing for Kejriwal tells the Supreme Court that the arrest was made to disable him from campaigning.

The Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal's plea against a high court order that upheld his arrest in a money-laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam, was heard by the Supreme Court today. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta issued the hearing Kejriwal's petition challenging the Delhi High Court's order.

The Delhi High Court had upheld Kejriwal's arrest in the money-laundering case, stating that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was left with "little option" after he skipped repeated summonses and refused to join the investigation. The high court had dismissed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader's petition challenging his arrest by the ED and subsequent remand in the federal agency's custody.