Kejriwal challenges a lower court’s summons in a matter involving the Delhi Excise Policy in sessions court

Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, has filed a motion before this sessions court to contest the summons that a lower court had issued to him in response to two complaints made by the Enforcement Directorate accusing him of dodging its summons in connection with a money laundering case involving the purported excise fraud. Kejriwal’s pleas are anticipated to be heard later in the day by Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Syal.

In defiance of Divya Malhotra, the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM), who ordered Kejriwal to appear in court on March 16, Kejriwal filed a motion in the sessions court. In two petitions, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) asked the magistrate court to prosecute Kejriwal for allegedly ignoring many summonses that were sent to him regarding the matter.

According to the ED, the most recent complaint concerns the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor’s failure to comply with summonses number four through eight issued by the federal investigative agency in accordance with Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). before a previous motion, the ED requested Kejriwal’s prosecution before the magistrate court for failing to appear at the first three summonses in the money laundering case connected to the now-canceled Delhi excise police.

Along with the other complaint, the subject pertaining to summonses number one through three has been scheduled for hearing by ACMM Malhotra’s court for March 16. According to the ED, Kejriwal has so far disregarded eight summonses from the organization.