NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking expunging of certain adverse observations made against it by a trial court while discharging all accused, including AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, in the excise policy case.
A single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma directed the top AAP leaders and other respondents to file their responses to the ED’s petition, and indicated that the matter would be heard along with the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) plea challenging the discharge order passed by the Rouse Avenue Court.
“I will issue notice in this matter and keep it on the same day as the other case. When I decide that case, I will be reading the entire judgment, ” Justice Sharma said during the hearing.
Appearing for the ED, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) S.V. Raju submitted that the trial court had made sweeping remarks against the federal anti-money laundering agency despite the fact that the proceedings before it concerned only the CBI case.
“PMLA is not before the judge. It is a CBI case. Proceeds of crime was not before the judge. He (Kejriwal) was not arrested for money laundering in the CBI case, ” ASG Raju argued.