New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday withdrew from the Supreme Court his petition challenging arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at his residence in connection with the Delhi Liquor Scam case. This unexpected move by Kejriwal comes after the Supreme Court rejected the bail plea of BRS leader K Kavitha, who was arrested by the ED in the liquor case.
Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Kejriwal, mentioned the matter before two-judge bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, that he was withdrawing the plea as this case will clash with the remand hearing by ED in trial court.
Singhvi said that he will give a letter to the apex court Registry regarding withdrawing the plea. Earlier in the day, apex court agreed to hear today itself plea of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief Kejriwal against his arrest by the ED.A special bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, MM Sundresh and Bela Trivedi was to hear the matter today.
Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by Enforcement Directorate(ED) in an alleged liquor Policy Scam case on Thursday. The arrest was made after Kejriwal was not ready to appear for questioning despite being summoned nine times by ED.
According to the case, there has been corruption in the formulation and implementation of the liquor policy during the year 2021-22. It was after VK Saxena took charge as Lt. Governor that the allegation of irregularities in the granting of licenses was ordered to be investigated. After the CBI gave a preliminary report showing that there was irregularity, the case was registered, and the investigation started.
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