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Delhi High Court Orders ED to Respond to Kejriwal’s Excise Policy Summons Challenge

Justice Ravinder Dudeja has directed the agency to file its counter affidavit within six weeks before the next hearing on September 10.

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On September 17, sessions court had upheld a magisterial court’s order directing Kejriwal to appear before it on a complaint filed by ED, stating there was sufficient ground to proceed against him. (HT Archive)
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Arvind Kejriwal (X/ArvindKejriwal)

Overview

  • Arvind Kejriwal has petitioned the Delhi High Court against a sessions court order that upheld ED-issued summons in the 2021-22 liquor excise policy money laundering probe.
  • The court issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate and set a deadline of six weeks for it to submit a response on the maintainability of Kejriwal’s petitions.
  • Kejriwal’s plea contends the summons are procedurally flawed because they were issued by one ED officer despite complaints being filed by another.
  • The underlying money laundering case traces to a CBI FIR lodged after Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena called for an investigation into alleged excise policy irregularities.
  • The case has progressed through multiple courts following Kejriwal’s March 2024 arrest and includes bail orders from both a trial court and the Supreme Court.