Arvind Kejriwal arrest hearing LIVE Updates | SC to hear Delhi CM’s plea in money laundering case today

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Mr. Kejriwal, in his rejoinder to a counter-affidavit filed by the ED, accused the BJP-ruled Union government of using the agency as a tool to crush its competition in the electoral arena.

April 29, 2024 08:05 am | Updated 08:14 am IST

Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal outside the Rouse Avenue Court in the excise policy-linked money laundering case, in New Delhi, on March 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on April 29 a plea by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest in a money laundering case stemming from the alleged excise policy scam.

A Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will hear the matter.

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Mr. Kejriwal had earlier told the apex court that his “illegal arrest” in the case constitutes an unprecedented assault on the tenets of democracy based on “free and fair elections” and “federalism”.

Mr. Kejriwal, in his rejoinder to a counter-affidavit filed by the Directorate of Enforcement’s (ED), accused the BJP-ruled Union government of using the agency as a tool to crush its competition in the electoral arena.

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He claimed it is a “classical case” of how the Centre has misused the ED and its wide powers under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act to “crush” the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its leaders.

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April 29, 2024 07:57
SC to hear Kejriwal’s plea against arrest in money laundering case
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on April 29 a plea by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest in a money laundering case stemming from the alleged excise policy scam.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta is likely to hear the matter.

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