Justice Ravinder Dudeja asked the ED to file the counter affidavit within six weeks.
During the hearing, ED’s special counsel Zoheb Hussain raised a preliminary objection to the maintainability of the petition. He said the same petition has already been rejected on the same grounds, so filing a revision petition for the second time is against the rules.
The ED counsel said, “This is a petition challenging the summons order. Since multiple summons were violated, two complaints have been filed before the magistrate.”
The high court asked the ED’s counsel to mention all his objections, including preliminary objection in his reply and listed the matter for hearing on September 10.
Senior advocate Ramesh Gupta, appearing for Kejriwal, sought issuance of notice on the petitions.
Kejriwal has challenged a special court order dated September 17, 2024, by which his revision petition against a March 7, 2024, order of a magisterial court summoning him was dismissed.
Besides, he has challenged a sessions court order dated December 20, 2024, which upheld an October 24 order of a magisterial court refusing to transfer his case to another court.
The high court also issued notice on the second petition and asked the ED to file its response within six weeks.
The ED’s money laundering case stems from an FIR lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) after Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena recommended a probe into the alleged irregularities in the implementation of the 2021-22 Delhi excise policy.
According to the ED and the CBI, irregularities were allegedly committed while modifying the excise policy and undue favours were extended to the licence holders. The Delhi government implemented the policy on November 17, 2021, and scrapped it by the end of September 2022, amid allegations of corruption.
With inputs from PTI
