The former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the trial court’s decision to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) complaints in the Delhi Liquor Policy case citing lack of sanction.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief has sought high court’s direction to quash the trial court’s order and halt the proceedings. This comes on the same day when Delhi High Court has stayed the trial court proceedings against Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambram in a money laundering case.
Earlier in the day, the high court stayed the trial against P Chidambaram in his plea that challenged special judge taking cognisance of the chargesheet for the alleged offence of money laundering in the absence of any sanction for prosecution of the former Union minister who was a public servant when the offence was allegedly committed. The Senior Congress leader moved the High Court against the trial court order taking cognisance of the ED complaint against him and his son Karti Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis case. The high court today stayed proceedings till next date of hearing and listed the matter for January 22.
On November 12, the Delhi high court refused to immediately stay the trial court proceedings against Arvind Kejriwal in a case filed by Enforcement Directorate (ED) against him for allegedly disobeying the summons issued by the agency in the Delhi excise policy case.
A bench of justice Manoj Kumar Ohri had refused to halt the proceedings saying that Kejriwal moved the court two months after the sessions court had rejected his plea for quashing the summons issued by the magisterial court in the case.
On July 9, a Delhi Court had taken cognisance of the supplementary chargesheet filed by the ED against Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party in the alleged liquor policy scam. Special judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Courts took cognisance of the seventh supplementary prosecution complaint filed against the AAP chief. Kejriwal has challenged this order today.
