"enforcement-directorate"

The investigative agency is scrutinizing the authenticity and origin of the alleged directives purportedly issued by CM Kejriwal to his ministerial colleagues Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj.

Both these overseas entities were managed by one Anthony De Silva, the release said.

During the protest, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Amit Patkar alleged that the government machinery is now above the Election Commission under the BJP-led NDA.

Sarma emphasised that when a person disregards nine summonses from the ED, it indicates a deliberate invitation for arrest.

BRS MLC K Kavitha vehemently declared her arrest as unjust, asserting that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had concocted a baseless case against her.

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

A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, MM Sundresh and Bela M Trivedi asked Kavitha to approach the trial court, saying it is a practice which this court is following and cannot bypass the protocol

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

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

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

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

The Enforcement Directorate produced her before the court on Saturday after her arrest in connection with the excise case.

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.

The case stems from ED summons related to the Delhi Excise Policy, which AAP claims are not legally valid.

The BRS has given a call for bandh for Saturday to protest the arrest of Kavitha who was arrested at her residence on Friday and taken to Delhi by the ED officials