Delhi Court Issues Notice To ED On Sisodia's Plea To Withdraw Money For Medical Expenses
A Delhi court has issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate on the plea of former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia seeking permission to withdraw money from bank for medical expenses.
A Delhi court has issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the plea of former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia seeking permission to withdraw money from bank for medical expenses. The court will hear the application on August 4 next.
The court has directed the CBI to supply the documents to the remaining accused persons. The next date is August 22 for further hearing.
Sisodia, widely seen as Arvind Kejriwal's No 2, was arrested by the CBI on February 26 after the agency alleged that many ineligible vendors were awarded licences by the Delhi government in exchange for bribes.
The liquor policy, introduced in November 2022, was withdrawn eight months later amid allegations of corruption.
Sisodia has been in custody since then. The ED arrested him in a money laundering case stemming from the CBI FIR on March 9. Sisodia resigned from the Delhi cabinet on February 28.
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court had issued notice to the CBI and ED on his bail plea.
The petitions filed by Sisodia challenged separate orders of the Delhi High Court that refused to grant him bail in the cases filed by CBI and ED.
Prior to this, a bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud had agreed to list the special leave petitions after senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Sisodia, sought urgent listing of the matter.
Sisodia moved the Supreme Court after his bail pleas were denied by the Delhi High Court.
On July 3, the Delhi High Court had declined him bail in the money laundering case, holding that the charges against him were "very serious in nature".
On May 30, the court had denied him bail in the CBI case, saying Sisodia was a "high-profile" person who had the potential to influence the witnesses.
In its order, the High Court had said since Sisodia was at the "helm of affairs" when the alleged excise policy scam took place, he cannot say he had no role to play.
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