ED To Submit Prosecution Documents Against Former Delhi CM In Liquor Policy Scam Case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has informed the Rouse Avenue Court that it will file documents related to the prosecution of former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the money laundering case linked to the Delhi liquor policy scam. The court has scheduled the next hearing for December 21.

During the previous hearing, the court disposed of a petition filed by Kejriwal seeking documents related to the sanction for prosecution. ED’s counsel argued that the permission granted to prosecute in the CBI case is equally applicable to the ED case. However, Mudit Jain, Kejriwal’s lawyer, strongly opposed this claim, arguing that the permissions for prosecution in the two cases are not interchangeable. Jain further accused ED of withholding key sanction documents, asserting that they are not on record.

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Kejriwal had filed a petition requesting the disclosure of documents related to the sanction obtained from the relevant authorities to proceed with the chargesheet. He cited Solicitor General Tushar Mehta’s statement to the Delhi High Court, where Mehta claimed sufficient sanctions were secured to justify prosecution in the ED case.

The ED’s chargesheet, filed earlier, allegedly lacked a copy of the required sanction, according to Kejriwal’s legal counsel. The Delhi High Court has since issued a notice to the ED regarding Kejriwal’s petition, which challenges the trial court’s decision to take cognizance of the chargesheet. This matter will be heard on December 20.

Kejriwal’s petition asserts that the trial court judge erred by taking cognizance of the offence under Section 3 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) without obtaining prior sanction under Section 197(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). This, he argued, was crucial because he was serving as a public servant at the time of the alleged offence.

As the case progresses, all eyes will remain on the December hearings, which are likely to shape the legal proceedings in this high-profile matter.