The ED asserted that Kejriwal does not have the legal right to know whether he is being summoned as a witness or an accused in the case.....
Digital desk: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been summoned by the Delhi court to appear on March 16, following a fresh complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) regarding a day earlier seeking his trial for evading its summons for questioning in the money laundering case related to the alleged irregularities in now-scrapped 2021-22 Delhi excise policy.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Divya Malhotra directed Kejriwal to appear physically in court. This order comes in addition to a prior directive for Kejriwal to appear before the court on the same date in connection with another ED complaint filed on February 3. The ED asserted that Kejriwal does not have the legal right to know whether he is being summoned as a witness or an accused in the case.
Additional Solicitor-General SV Raju, representing the ED, argued that Kejriwal's reasons for not coming to the summons are baseless and without merit. His failure to comply with the summons shows intentional disobedience, an offense under Section 174 of the Indian Penal Code.
The case revolves around allegations of money laundering related to discrepancies within the Delhi excise policy, which was subsequently scrapped.
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