Arvind Kejriwal's Plea Against ED Arrest : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing
ASG: On false pretext, he avoided summons. That's an indicator of an accused person. An ordinary person would go
ASG: Vijay Nair was working for Kejriwal. Had bungalow next to his house. He was coordinating and making all arrangements!
ASG: This all has happened at CM house, where he was present. CM was aware of all this.
ASG: GoM was only on paper. They had no proof of what they were doing. Sisodia, Gehlot and Satyendra Jain were members
J Khanna: You said Sisodia was the brain. What was his date of arrest?
ASG: March 9
J Khanna to SG Mehta: You go through quotation of your arguments in Electoral Bonds judgment. Will any political party be out of it?
SG: It may be a case of corruption, not political funding
ASG referring to S.70 PMLA
ASG: Kejriwal is the national convenor of AAP, the highest in the organizational structure
ASG: It is an admitted position that AAP is registered as political party under RP Act.
ASG to now argue on Kejriwal's vicarious role
J Khanna: 'person' has been defined in PMLA?
ASG: yes, Section 2(s)
ASG: Chaman Preet made hotel booking for Kejriwal in Grand Hyatt
J Khanna: 1 lakh payment when you got so many other payments officially...that may not be relevant. Maybe some amount was left unpaid.
J Khanna: We have to put the curtain down at the date of arrest. You could have arrested anytime before. Question is, material should be sufficient prior to arrest. You can't rely on post-arrest material, unless you are talking about complaint
ASG: There is adequate evidence. Not a case of no evidence. Agency has not been motivated by any political motivation