'Aam aadmi can go to jail but not CM?': ED Vs Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi HC today | 10 points
Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy 'scam' on Wednesday. Kejriwal, the Delhi CM and Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) national convenor, had filed a plea, challenging his arrest by the ED in the case. The financial probe agency opposed his petition, saying the probe is not over yet.
Follow LIVE updates on Arvind Kejriwal news here 1. ED opposes Kejriwal's plea: Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SV Raju said, "As far as Kejriwal is concerned, the investigation is not over. It is at a nascent stage." He further argued saying that Kejriwal had agreed to the remand and didn't oppose it.
"He [Kejriwal] voluntarily accepts please remand me further. Can he challenge the remand order? Or is it barred by waiver?," the ED's lawyer asked. ALSO READ: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's ED summons challenge listed for April 24 2. 'AAP is a company': The ED said the AAP is a company under section 70 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
"A political party is a union of individuals. Therefore, now we have established that he was incharge and responsible for the affairs of AAP. AAP is the whole and sole," the lawyer representing the ED was quoted by Live Law as saying.
3. Kejriwal's role in case: The ED's lawyer said Kejriwal's "role" is not required in the case. But "what is required to be looked at is that he was responsible for the affairs of the company/party," the agency was quoted by Bar and Bench as saying.
The ED cited Section 70 of the PMLA to prove this. The ED noted that Kejriwal was AAP's national convenor and Delhi's Chief Minister when the "offence" was committed. "He takes all the decisions.
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