29 April 2024 2:30 AM GMT
The Supreme Court will hear today the petitions filed by former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal against their arrests by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Both these petitions are listed before the bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta.
Soren has approached the Supreme Court citing the delay by the Jharkhand High Court in pronouncing the verdict on his petition against ED arrest despite concluding the hearing on February 28, 2024. Last week, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal had mentioned the petition before Justice Khanna seeking urgent listing saying that the delay was resulting in the incarceration of Soren during the crucial election time. Soren was arrested on January 31 in a money laundering case connected with an alleged land scam and has been under custody since then. Though he had immediately approached the Supreme Court after the arrest, on February 2, the Court refused to entertain the plea and asked him to approach the High Court instead.
Kejriwal has approached the Supreme Court challenging the April 9 judgment of the Delhi High Court which dismissed his writ petition challenging his arrest by the central agency in connection with the Delhi liquor policy. He has been under custody since his arrest on March 21. ED has filed its counter-affidavit and Kejriwal his rejoinder in the matter.
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