New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has moved the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order acquitting Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in cases related to alleged non-compliance with summons in connection with the excise policy money laundering case.As per the causelist published on the official website, the plea is slated to be heard on Wednesday by a single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.The federal a…
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New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) A Delhi court on Monday adjourned the hearing on a criminal revision petition filed against Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi in connection with the alleged fraudulent inclusion of her name in the electoral rolls before acquiring Indian citizenship.The matter, being heard at the Rouse Avenue Court, has now been posted for April 18 after the petitioner concluded his arguments, while submissions on behalf of Sonia Gandhi remained inconclusive.The revi…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday furnished surety bonds of Rs 50,000 each before a court here following their discharge in the corruption case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders appeared before the Rouse Avenue Court and submitted the surety bonds in compliance with the order passed earlier while discharging them from the case investigated by the Centra…
Hyderabad, March 12 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday served notice to Telangana Jagruthi leader K. Kavitha in connection with the hearing of the Delhi excise policy case in the Delhi High Court.A team of CBI officials personally handed over the notice of the High Court, informing her about the hearing of the CBI’s petition on March 16.Kavitha has been informed that she is at liberty to argue anything against the petition on the date fixed or any other date to which …
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal has submitted a representation to the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court seeking the transfer of the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) revision petition in the Delhi excise policy case from the Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.In his representation, former Delhi CM Kejriwal requested Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya – who is the master of the roster -that the case be reassigned to a different Bench of the Delhi …
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking expunging of certain adverse observations made against it by a trial court while discharging all accused, including AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, in the excise policy case.A single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma directed the top AAP leaders and other respondents to file their responses to the ED’s petition, and indicated that the ma…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court is slated to hear next week a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging a trial court order discharging AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and 21 others in the 2022 Delhi excise policy case.As per the causelist published on the official website of the Delhi HC, the matter is listed before a single-judge Bench of Justice Swarnakanta Sharma on March 9. The CBI has moved a crimin…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Union Minister of State (MoS) Harsh Malhotra on Saturday reacted to a Delhi court order discharging AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia in the Excise Policy case, saying the order reflects the opinion of the lower court and that the judicial process is still underway.Speaking to IANS, Malhotra said, “The lower court has clearly stated that due to the absence of witnesses, this case does not currently stand against them. This is the opinion of the lower court…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Saturday criticised the alleged use of central agencies following the Delhi Court’s discharge of former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the Excise Policy case. He alleged that agencies such as the CBI, Income Tax (IT) Department, and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have been misused for political gains by the BJP. Speaking to reporters, Kharge said, “The CBI, IT and ED have been u…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Senior advocate Kapil Sibal on Saturday welcomed the Delhi court’s decision to discharge former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and several others in the CBI’s excise policy case, terming it “a very important decision” and raising questions over accountability for the period they spent in jail.Speaking after the verdict, Sibal said the court had dismissed the CBI case against Kejriwal, Sisodia and around 20–22 o…