Delhi Excise Policy Case: The case of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested in the money laundering case of alleged scam in Delhi Excise Policy, was heard in the High Court today on Wednesday (27 March). The trial court’s order to send Arvind Kejriwal to ED custody till March 28 has been challenged in the Delhi High Court.
Kejriwal’s lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi, while presenting the case, said, “My role in the entire case is not clear. ED says that I did not cooperate. The agency constantly misuses the word ‘non-cooperation’. “Can’t be forced to do so. If I say that I don’t remember anything. My memory is weak, will that become a basis for arrest?”
He further said, “Was my arrest necessary just before the elections? I was not going to run away anywhere. I said give me questions. Offered to appear through video conferencing. Now after arresting them they say I am tampering with the evidence. “Could have. If that’s so, then couldn’t I have done it earlier. In fact, there was no need for arrest.”
‘Kejriwal’s arrest is against the Constitution’
Senior lawyer Singhvi said that this arrest is against the constitution. This action is against the fundamental structure. A CM was arrested just before the elections. Free and fair elections are part of the basic structure of the Constitution. The arrest took place after the Model Code of Conduct came into force. Stopped from campaigning. A CM can also be arrested but the question is about the timing of that arrest.