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CM Kejriwal's legal team said that his plea in Delhi HC stated that both the arrest and the remand order are 'illegal' and he is entitled to be released from custody immediately.

Notably, she made here first ever public statement regarding the Aam Aadmi Party supremo's arrest in excise policy case.

While senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan said there is no bar in law on a person continuing as chief minister once arrested, senior advocate Vikas Singh said though legally there is no bar, administratively it will be next to impossible.

The ED told Judge Baweja that Kejriwal received several crores of rupees as kickbacks from the 'South group' for formulating and implementing the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22.

The party said key leaders like Arvind Kejriwal and K Kavitha from various parties have been arrested ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, clearly indicates the BJP's political motives to gain mileage.

The plea stated that Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday in the money laundering case related to the alleged liquor policy

The special CBI judge Kaveri Baweja's bench will hear the matter. Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi is representing the Delhi CM

The party said the arrests of key leaders like Arvind Kejriwal, K Kavitha and others from various political parties ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, clearly indicates the malicious political motives of the BJP to gain mileage in the elections.

Kejriwal's counsel said he would contest the remand proceedings before the trial court and then come back to the apex court with another petition

Justice Khanna-led Bench Reviews BRS Leader K. Kavitha's Plea Against ED Arrest

The Enforcement Directorate's investigation is centered on allegations of money laundering in a liquor policy scam.

Enforcement Directorate Team Interrogates Kejriwal at Residence

Reacting to Kejriwal's arrest, he said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have become the chief instruments of repression in the hands of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Earlier, Kejriwal moved Supreme Court seeking protection from any coercive action by the ED in the excise policy-linked money laundering case

Sources said the AAP national convenor approached the top court seeking an urgent hearing of his petition after a high court division bench headed by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait refused to grant him interim protection. 

The agency may arrest him or take him to its office in central Delhi for questioning, sources said, even though there was no official word on the agency's likely course of action.  

Kejriwal has moved the court in the wake of the latest summons, the ninth issued by the ED, asking him to appear before it on Thursday.

The plea has also challenged the vires of several provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal faces two new summons from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Delhi excise policy case and the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) meter case.

On February 27, the ED had issued eighth summons to appear before it on March 4 to CM Kejriwal after he skipped seventh summons issued on February 22. Earlier, on February 19, the CM skipped the ED's sixth summon.