Money-laundering case: Delhi High Court lists ED’s plea against bail to Arvind Kejriwal for July 15

Delhi High Court lists ED plea challenging Arvind Kejriwal's bail in money-laundering case for July 15 hearing.

The Delhi High Court on July 10 listed for July 15 the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) plea challenging bail granted to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the money-laundering case stemming from the alleged excise scam.

The High Court had earlier stayed the trial court’s June 20 order by which Mr. Kejriwal was granted bail in the case.

Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, who was scheduled to hear the plea, was informed by the counsel for the ED that they were served with Mr. Kejriwal’s reply to their petition only late Tuesday night (July 9) and the agency requires some time to file a rejoinder.

While the probe agency’s lawyer submitted that the copy of the reply was served to them at 11 p.m. on July 10, Mr. Kejriwal’s counsel maintained that it was served to the investigating officer (IO) of the case at 1 p.m.

Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, representing Mr. Kejriwal, mentioned the matter before the court, saying a specific time be fixed for the hearing as there is extreme urgency in the case.

However, Additional Solicitor General S. V. Raju, appearing for the ED, submitted that the agency was served with the reply copy of Mr. Kejriwal only on Tuesday night and they need some time to go through the response and file their rejoinder to it.

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