The move will coincide with a SC hearing...
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will file its first charge sheet against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with a money laundering case linked to the now-scrapped liquor policy.
This will be the first time that CM Kejriwal will be named as an accused in the case.
The ED's move will coincide with a Supreme Court hearing on Friday on interim bail for Kejriwal in the liquor policy case. In the charge sheet, the ED will call Kejriwal a 'kingpin' and a key conspirator in the liquor policy case.
The investigating agency has claimed it had established a money trail linked to Kejriwal.
On Wednesday, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who led the Supreme Court bench, told Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the ED, to be ready with his submissions on Friday.
“We will pronounce the interim order on Friday. The main matter related to the challenge to arrest will also be taken on the same day," Justice Khanna said.
Kejriwal failed to get any relief from the SC on Tuesday, with the bench of Justices Khanna and Dipankar Datta rising without pronouncing an order granting him interim bail to enable him to campaign in the Lok Sabha elections.
The bench had said it did not want Kejriwal to discharge his official duties if he is released on interim bail, as it may lead to a conflict of interest.
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