Excise policy case: Supreme Court to hear Kavitha's bail plea on August 27

Supreme Court to hear BRS leader K. Kavitha's bail plea in money laundering case linked to Delhi excise policy scam.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday (August 27, 2024) the bail plea by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K. Kavitha in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.

A bench of justices B. R. Gavai and K. V. Viswanathan is likely to hear the matter.

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The apex court had on August 12 sought responses from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Kavitha's pleas challenging a July 1 Delhi High Court order denying her bail in the two cases.

The Delhi High Court had dismissed Kavitha's bail pleas in both cases, saying she was prima facie one of the main conspirators in the criminal conspiracy related to the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy 2021–22.

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The CBI and the ED have lodged separate cases pertaining to alleged corruption and money laundering in the formulation and implementation of the policy.