New Delhi: Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday (November 20) approached the Delhi High Court challenging an order of the trial court taking cognisance of a chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a Delhi Excise Policy-linked money laundering case.
Kejriwal has sought the direction of the High Court to set aside the order of the trial court, submitting that he was a public servant when the alleged offence was committed and the trial court took the cognisance of the chargesheet in the absence of any sanction to prosecute him in the case.
The matter is likely to be listed for hearing on Thursday.
ED arrested Kejriwal in money laundering case on March 21
The ED arrested Kejriwal in the excise policy-linked money laundering case on March 21. Kejriwal had later moved to the Supreme Court challenging the legality of his arrest in the money laundering case and the top court granted him interim bail on July 12 in the money laundering case till the decision on his plea by a larger bench.
Delhi court took cognisance of chargesheet against Arvind Kejriwal, AAP in ED case
The special court had earlier this year taken cognisance of a supplementary chargesheet filed by the ED in the excise policy-linked money laundering case naming Kejriwal and AAP as an accused. The court had taken cognisance of seventh supplementary chargesheet filed by the ED in the money laundering case.
Kejriwal ‘kingpin and key conspirator’ of excise policy ‘scam’: ED
The ED has called Kejriwal as the “kingpin and key conspirator” of the alleged excise policy scam and had earlier told the special court that there is sufficient evidence against the accused in the case to put them on trial.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had also arrested Kejriwal in the excise policy-linked corruption case and the Supreme Court granted him bail in the corruption case on September 13.
