Pleas Of Arvind Kejriwal & Hemant Soren Against ED Arrest : Live Updates From Supreme Court
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 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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Hearing has concluded
J Khanna: Tomorrow? We will see tomorrow
Singhvi: I am saying they have no material in section 50 statements recorded
J Khanna: We have understood, how much more time?
Singhvi: Atleast an hour
Singhvi: Maximum you have Sarath Reddy statement...If I don't go for Section 50 statement, that does not give reason to believe
J Khanna: Right, that might not be itself ground to hold guilty
Singhvi: The denial in interim of my bail cannot be ground to come to my home for arrest. The arrest did not happen for 1.5 years
Singhvi: You (ED) can't say you have reason to believe because he (Kejriwal) did not get interim relief from arrest
J Khanna: are you not contradicting yourself? you say section 50 not recorded, but then you don't appear for it
Singhvi: I'm saying, one of the essential ingredients...
Singhvi: They arrested me from my home. They did not record Sec 50 statement there
Singhvi refers to Pankaj Bansal judgment
Singhvi (hypothetically): If accused says I won't give statement, can you say since you didn't cooperate, therefore I'll arrest?
Singhvi: It's my right not to go. It's separately being prosecuted. That can't be ground for arrest or reason to believe!
J Khanna: They sent you notices, you avoided
Singhvi: I went when CBI called. I replied to ED notices in detail. I said I was not going to come. But today, you can't arrest by saying you didn't come so we arrested