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…
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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…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the Rouse Avenue Court’s order discharging all 23 accused, including AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, in the 2022 Delhi excise policy case.The central agency has filed a criminal revision petition challenging the trial court’s detailed order, which had refused to frame charges in the corruption case and held that the prosecution fai…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Friday criticised the AAP celebrations over the judgment of a Delhi Special Court offering a reprieve to Arvind Kejriwal in the “liquor policy scam”, accusing the accused of destroying SIM cards and other evidence.The court’s decision is based on the technical ground of “lack of evidence” and in no way amounts to a “clean chit” to Kejriwal, said Sachdeva.He added that the investigating agency has repeatedly maintaine…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The Rouse Avenue Court in the national capital on Friday discharged AAP national Convenor Arvind Kejriwal and his closest aide Manish Sisodia, along with 23 others in the excise policy case, also called liquor policy scam, clearing them of charges of alleged corruption and wrongdoing, stating that there was “no overarching conspiracy or criminal intent”. Kejriwal and Sisodia’s acquittal in the case comes despite their incarceration for months in the case and, as ex…
Patna, Feb 27 (IANS) After the Rouse Avenue Court acquitted former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, and 21 others in the alleged liquor policy scam case, RJD National Working President Tejashwi Yadav on Friday demanded fresh elections to the Delhi Legislative Assembly.Speaking to media persons at Patna airport, Yadav said the court’s verdict had proven that the charges in the so-called liquor scam were false.“The decision of the Rouse Avenue …
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The discharge of former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his close aide and former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, in the liquor policy case came as an unprecedented relief for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as the duo, founding members of the party, served prison terms in the case. Their exoneration in the highly contentious case triggered a wave of emotion, with the party supremo breaking down before the cameras during his first reaction to the relief. The big relief for AAP…