SC to hear Arvind Kejriwal, Hemant Soren's pleas against ED arrest
Arvind kejriwal, the chief minister of delhi, and hemant Soren, the former chief minister of jharkhand, have filed appeals against their detention by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which the supreme court will hear on Monday. According to Live Law, both petitions have been scheduled to appear before the Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta bench.
Arvind kejriwal has petitioned the supreme court to overturn the delhi High Court's ruling on april 9, which dismissed his writ suit contesting his ED arrest in connection with a money laundering case involving the now-cancelled delhi tax policy. After being detained on march 21, the head of the aam aadmi party is now being held. arvind kejriwal has submitted his reply to the ED's counter-affidavit in the case.
Hemant Soren's attorney, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, told the supreme court bench that although the ruling on Soren's plea against his arrest has not yet been issued, the jharkhand High court has reserved its decision. Because the lok sabha elections are still going on, he requested an immediate hearing. In addition, he told the bench that he would stay in jail after the election.
The jharkhand High court postponed ruling on hemant Soren's suit contesting his arrest in February. In his petition before the top court, Soren argued that his remand in the case was unlawful and arbitrary, and that his arrest was not merited.
Hemant Soren described his detention as unlawful and deceptive. hemant Soren filed the petition via attorney Pragya Baghel. He has requested temporary bail in the interim.
In January, following a protracted period of conjecture in the press, hemant Soren, the chairperson of jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), was taken into custody by the Enforcement Department (ED) in connection with the land fraud case.
The Special PMLA court in ranchi denied hemant Soren temporary release on Saturday. In order to attend his uncle's burial, the former chief minister requested 13 days of temporary release from the court. However, the court denied his request.