Arvind Kejriwal moves Delhi High Court challenging ED summons in Delhi Excise Policy case

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has approached the Delhi High Court challenging all nine summons issued to him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case. .A Division Bench of Justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Maoj Jain is likely to hear the matter on Wednesday, March 20.Kejriwal has been called for questioning by the federal agency nine times. However, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor chose to skip the summons each time. .Notably, the ED has filed two complaint cases against Kejriwal to make him comply with the summons. The trial court granted him bail in the case on March 16.Kejriwal's plea before the sessions court to stay the proceedings in ED's case was rejected on March 15. .The ED’s money laundering probe stems from a case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on August 17, 2022 in connection with alleged irregularities in the Delhi Excise Policy for 2021-22. The CBI case was registered on a complaint made by Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on July 20, 2022. It has been alleged that a criminal conspiracy was hatched by AAP leaders, including former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and other unidentified and unnamed private persons/entities during the stage of the policy’s formulation.The conspiracy, it has been alleged, stemmed from some of the loopholes “intentionally” left or created in the policy. These were allegedly meant to favour some licensees and conspirators post the tender process..Sisodia and AAP Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Sanjay Singh are already behind bars in the case. On March 15, the ED also arrested the daughter of Bharat Rashtra Samiti legislator and former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, K Kavitha in the case.