New Delhi: Hearing on the bail plea of BRS leader K Kavitha in the Delhi liquor scam case was postponed today as well. The ED i.e. Enforcement Directorate told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that it will file its reply by August 22 on the bail plea of Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) leader K Kavitha in the money laundering case related to the alleged scam in the Delhi Excise Policy. Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), told the bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice KV Vishwanathan that the CBI’s counter affidavit has already been filed in the case.
Raju said that the ED’s counter affidavit is ‘being prepared’ and it will be filed by August 22. After this, the bench adjourned the hearing of the case till August 27. On August 12, the apex court had sought a reply from the ED and the CBI on Kavita’s petitions, in which the Delhi High Court’s decision to deny her bail in both the cases was challenged.
The High Court had rejected Kavita’s bail plea in both the cases, saying that prima facie she appears to be one of the main conspirators of the criminal conspiracy related to the formulation and implementation of the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22. This policy was later canceled. The CBI and ED have registered separate cases regarding alleged corruption and money laundering in the formulation and implementation of the Excise Policy.
The ED arrested Kavita (46) from her residence in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad on March 15. The CBI arrested her from Tihar Jail on April 11 in a corruption case. Kavita has denied all the allegations against her. Let us tell you that Arvind Kejriwal is lodged in Tihar Jail in the Delhi liquor scam case. Currently Manish Sisodia is out of jail on bail.
FIRST PUBLISHED : August 20, 2024, 12:59 IST
