Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal exterior the Rouse Avenue Court in the excise policy-linked money laundering case, in New Delhi, on March 28, 2024.
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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 coverage rip-off.
A Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will hear the matter.
Arvind Kejriwal to Supreme Court | ‘Arrest a classic case of assault on the Opposition’
Mr. Kejriwal had earlier advised the apex courtroom that his “illegal arrest” in the case constitutes an unprecedented assault on the tenets of democracy primarily 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 authorities of utilizing the company as a device to crush its competitors in the electoral enviornment.
Arrest of criminal politicians does not affect free elections: ED
He claimed it’s a “classical case” of how the Centre has misused the ED and its extensive powers underneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act to “crush” the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its leaders.
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