On November 6, the Supreme Court said a case cannot be filed against a public servant under the PMLA without the government’s permission.
Delhi’s LG VK Saxena on Saturday authorized the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to prosecute Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the liquor policy. On December 5, ED had sought permission from LG to conduct a trial against Kejriwal.
ED had filed a case against the former chief minister under the Prevention of Money Laundering (PMLA) in March this year. Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 after 4 hours of interrogation. Kejriwal was granted bail in the case, but ED could not start the trial.
Here, on allowing the case against Kejriwal to proceed, former AAP Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said, “Why is ED not showing the copy of the approval. They should stop using slogans to divert attention from the issue of insulting Baba Saheb. Kejriwal himself launched the Ambedkar Fellowship Program today. …
The indictment was filed in the trial court in July, the entire case in 4 points.
ED had filed the 7th chargesheet against Kejriwal in the trial court. While taking cognizance of the charge sheet on July 9, the trial court had said that there was enough evidence to prosecute Kejriwal. Kejriwal moved the Delhi High Court in November to set aside the trial court’s order taking cognizance of the 7th charge sheet. ED. He had said that at the time of the allegations made by ED, he was a civil servant and held charge of the Delhi Chief Minister. ED did not have the necessary approval to handle the matter. Despite this, the trial court proceeded with the indictment. After Kejriwal’s application was rejected by the High Court, Kejriwal approached the Supreme Court. Where the court ruled in his favor. The Supreme Court said government permission was needed to pursue the case. After this, while delivering its verdict on November 6, the Supreme Court said that a case cannot be filed against a public servant under the Anti-Money Laundering Sections (PMLA). without government permission. This rule will also apply to the CBI and state police. After that, ED sought permission from the governor.
Alcohol policy case – Kejriwal spent 156 days in jail
Kejriwal was arrested by ED on March 21. After ten days of interrogation, he was sent to Tihar jail on April 1. On May 10, he was released for 21 days to campaign in the Lok Sabha elections. He was released after spending 51 days in prison. On June 2, Kejriwal visited Tihar jail. He was later released on bail by the Supreme Court on September 13. He spent 156 days in prison
Assembly elections in Delhi in next 2 months. The current term of the Delhi Assembly ends on February 23, 2025. Elections could be held in the next two months. The last parliamentary elections took place in February 2020, in which the Aam Aadmi Party won an absolute majority and 62 seats out of 70.
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Kejriwal launched the Ambedkar scholarship scheme, the government will bear the expenses related to the education of Dalit children abroad.
Aam Aadmi Party in-charge Arvind Kejriwal announced Dr Ambedkar’s scholarship scheme on Saturday. Kejriwal said the Delhi government would bear the expenses related to the education of the child from a Dalit family and travel to a foreign university. …