Court Asked To Declare Arrested Delhi Minister "Person With Unsound Mind"
NDTV
Last month, the Delhi High Court dismissed a plea to suspend Satyendar Jain from the Cabinet following his arrest in the money laundering case.
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking to declare AAP leader Satyendar Jain, arrested in a money laundering case, a "person with unsound mind" and disqualify him as MLA and minister.
The petition is listed for hearing before a bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad on August 16.
Last month, the high court dismissed a plea to suspend Mr Jain from the Cabinet following his arrest in the money laundering case, saying it is for the chief minister to consider whether a person with a criminal background should be allowed to continue as a minister or not.
In the instant case, the petitioner -- Ashish Kumar Srivastava -- claimed in his plea that Mr Jain has "himself declared that he lost his memory" before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and informed the same to the trial court as well.
