The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Enforcement Directorate’s response on a bail plea moved by Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh in a money laundering case related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.
A bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta issued a notice to the federal agency on the plea, in which Sanjay Singh challenged the Delhi High Court order that denied to grant bail to him in the case.
The top court bench tagged the bail plea along with another plea of Sanjay Singh, in which he has challenged his arrest and remand in the money laundering case.
Appearing for AAP leader Sanjay Singh, Senior Advocate Abhishek Singhvi sought the issuance of notice on the bail plea and requested for tagging the plea along with the pending matter. He added that the pending matter is scheduled to come up for hearing on March 5. Hence, both the matters should be taken up together.
Subsequently, the bench agreed to the request and asserted that both the pleas will be taken up together. On February 7, the Delhi High Court denied bail to Sanjay Singh. The Enforcement Directorate arrested the AAP leader in October last year.
Sanjay Singh has also challenged his arrest and remand in the money laundering case in the Delhi High Court, but a single-judge bench of Justice Sharma dismissed his petition last year. Consecutively, the AAP leader approached the Supreme Court challenging his arrest. The petition before the apex court is still pending adjudication.
The aforesaid bench led by Justice Khanna is scheduled to hear the other special leave petition on March 5. Sanjay Singh’s latest plea, seeking bail in the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), was directed to be tagged with his earlier special leave petition challenging his arrest and remand by the bench during Monday’s hearing. Both the aforesaid petitions are now scheduled to be heard on March 5.