Kejriwal urges Delhi HC to hear petition challenging his arrest by ED on March 27

Delhi High Court hears Arvind Kejriwal's petition challenging ED arrest in money-laundering case linked to excise policy scam.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on March 27 urged the Delhi High Court to decide on his plea challenging the “fundamentals of the basis of arrest and remand” today itself.

The Delhi High Court heard a petition by Mr. Kejriwal challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money-laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam.

“I will be asking the court to decide the matter today by dismissing or allowing the matter today. An intermediate suspended animation will totally be unsustainable,” Senior advocate Abhishek M. Singhvi, representing Mr. Kejriwal, told the High Court.

“I have challenged the remand itself which ends tomorrow. I am asking the court to decide the few fundamentals of the basis of arrest and remand,” Mr. Singhvi said.

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Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma then said she will hear some of the cases listed for hearing today and take up Mr. Kejriwal’s plea afterwards today.

At the outset, Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju claimed that Mr. Kejriwal deliberately delayed the serving of the petition. “We have been asking for the petition, but got it only yesterday. It’s a bulky petition. There have been deliberate delays. We seek three weeks to file reply,” he said.