BRS leader Kavitha skips ED summons in Delhi Excise Policy case
The Hindu
BRS MLS K. Kavitha did not appear for the third round of ED questioning conveying to the probe agency that the matter is still pending before the apex court
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K. Kavitha on Thursday skipped the summons by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with money laundering charges in the Delhi Excise Policy case.
The BRS leader had approached the Supreme Court for an urgent hearing claiming that as a woman, she cannot be summoned to the ED office, and the probe agency's representatives must visit her instead.
On Wednesday the Supreme Court had agreed to hear her plea challenging the ED summons on March 24 but refused to grant her interim relief.
Ms. Kavitha did not appear for the third round of ED questioning conveying to the probe agency that the matter is still pending before the apex court.
According to the sources, Ms. Kavitha has sent the necessary documents sought by the probe agency through her legal representative.
The ED had asked the BRS MLC to appear before it today. Heavy security was deployed outside her Delhi residence ahead of her questioning by ED.
In a petition filed through advocate Vandana Sehgal, Ms. Kavitha has urged the top court to quash the ED summons dated March 7 and 11 stating that asking her to appear before the agency office instead of her residence is contrary to the settled tenets of criminal jurisprudence and thus, wholly unsustainable in law being violative of the Proviso to Section 160 of the CrPC.