Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Wednesday said he will look into Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s request for an early listing of his plea against a high court order upholding his arrest. He asked Kejriwal’s lawyer to send an email.
Earlier in the day, Kejriwal moved the Supreme Court against the April 9 judgement of the high court.
“I will look into the e-mail (seeking early listing of plea). Please send the mail,” CJI Chandrachud told senior advocate and Kejriwal’s counsel Abhishek Singhvi.
“This is urgent and is regarding the Delhi Chief Minister. The arrest is based on an un-relied document and suppressed from us,” Singhvi said.
In a massive blow to the Chief Minister, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday upheld his arrest in a money laundering case stemming from the alleged excise policy scam, saying the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was left with “little option” after he skipped repeated summonses and refused to join the investigation.
