Arvind Kejriwal News LIVE: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is set to produce Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal before the Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday, which is the last day of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo’s custody with the agency. Meanwhile, the High Court will hear a public interest litigation (PIL) which seeks directions to prevent Kejriwal from issuing orders while being in ED custody, saying that it is the violation of the legal framework as well as against the principle of fair investigation.
AAP, however, claimed that the federal agency had no reply to the questions raised by the Delhi chief minister’s lawyers in the High Court over his arrest. “When Kejriwal’s lawyers said before the court that the arrest by ED was illegal and unconstitutional and there was no evidence against him, the agency had no answer to this,” AAP leader Atishi said at a press conference.
The party’s response came after the HC on Wednesday gave no relief to Kejriwal and granted ED time to file a reply on the Delhi CM’s interim plea seeking release from the agency’s custody.
Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma gave the anti-corruption agency time till April 2 to file a response and scheduled the next hearing for April 3.