Supreme Court Set to Hear Arvind Kejriwal and Hemant Soren’s Appeals Against ED Arrest Today

Supreme Court Set to Hear Arvind Kejriwal and Hemant Soren’s Appeals Against ED Arrest Today

On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear petitions filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren contesting their detention by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Both petitions have been heard by a bench comprising of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, according to Live Law. 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 concerning a money laundering case involving the now-canceled Delhi tax policy. The leader of the Aam Aadmi Party is now being jailed after being arrested on March 21. Arvind Kejriwal’s response has met the ED’s counter-affidavit in the matter.

In his capacity as an attorney for Hemant Soren, senior counsel Kapil Sibal advised the Supreme Court bench that, although the verdict has not yet been issued, the Jharkhand High Court has postponed its decision on Soren’s plea contesting his arrest until the final week of February. Because of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, he requested an urgent hearing. Not only that, but he told the bench he would stay in jail after the election. The Jharkhand High Court postponed a 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.

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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. After a long period of conjecture in the media, the head of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Hemant Soren, was arrested by the Enforcement Department (ED) in January in connection with the land fraud case. The Special PMLA Court in Ranchi denied Hemant Soren temporary release on Saturday. The former chief minister requested 13 days of temporary release from the court to attend his uncle’s burial. However, the court denied his request.