The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Enforcement Directorate on a plea of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest by ED and his subsequent remand in the excise policy case.The top court in its statement said that it will hear Kejriwals plea challenging his March 21 arrest by the Enforcement Directorate, after April 29. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremos plea was dismissed by the Delhi High Court on April 9.While considering the plea today, the two-judge bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta made their ruling.Supreme Court issues notice to Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a plea of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest by ED and his subsequent remand in the excise policy case. pic.twitter.com/3hFQ3f8HbE— ANI (@ANI) April 15, 2024The matter pertains to money laundering and the alleged execution of the Delhi Excise policy in 2021-22, which was later scrapped. Kejriwal is currently lodged in Delhis Tihar jail.
