केजरीवाल-सिसोदिया की ईडी का केस रद्द करने की मांग: शराब घोटाले से जुड़ा मामला, 12 नवंबर तक सुनवाई टली

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A petition of liquor scam related to former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia was heard in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday.

The two leaders demanded the cancellation of the case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the case in the High Court. The High Court postponed the hearing till 12 November after hearing some arguments.

In the High Court, Kejriwal and Sisodia had demanded the cancellation of the ED case with the plea that the approval was not taken to prosecute the case.

Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the ED, said, approval was taken and it was produced in the trial court. Senior advocate Rebecca John, appearing for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), denied SV Raju’s argument, saying it is not before this court.

The ED filed a detail reply without approval. He read the ED’s reply in the petition. He said, the ED had earlier said that the CBI approval included ED proceedings. Two years later, on 14 February 2025, he put the new permission on record. It did not remove his basic basis. The court said that the ED has taken approval from LG of Delhi.

Chargesheet filed in trial court, full case in 5 points

The ED filed a 7th charge sheet against Kejriwal in the trial court in July last year. Taking cognizance of the charge sheet on July 9, the trial court had said- there is enough evidence to run a case against Kejriwal.
Kejriwal had demanded the cancellation of the order of the trial court, which took cognizance of the ED’s 7th charge sheet in the Delhi High Court in November. He had said that he was a public servant at the time of the allegations that ED has made.
He was handling the responsibility of the Chief Minister of Delhi. The ED did not have the necessary approval to run the case. Despite this, the trial court took action on the charge sheet.
Kejriwal reached the Supreme Court after Kejriwal’s demand was rejected from the High Court. Where the court ruled in his favor. The Supreme Court said that the government permission is necessary to run the case.
After this, the Supreme Court had ruled on 6 November, saying that the case cannot be run on public servants under the sections of money laundering (PMLA) without the permission of the government. This rule will also apply to CBI and State Police. The ED then sought permission from the Governor.