Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal’s request to pause the lower court’s summons to appear on March 16 has been rejected by Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court.
Now, with the court's ruling not in his favour, Kejriwal is required to be physically present in court tomorrow. The court order held that Kejriwal should seek exemption from summons from the same court that issued it to him.
"If he (Kejriwal) wants to seek exemption from physical appearance, a request can be made before the concerned court (before whom he has to appear tomorrow)," the order stated.
Arvind Kejriwal has so far skipped eight summons issued by the probe agency.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Divya Malhotra had, however, granted Kejriwal exemption from personal appearance before it on February 17 after he appeared via video conference and directed him to appear before it on March 16.
During the hearing on Thursday, senior advocate Ramesh Gupta, appearing for Kejriwal, urged the court to stay the magisterial court's first order.
The federal anti-money laundering agency had earlier moved the magisterial court seeking Kejriwal's prosecution for not attending the first three summonses issued to him.
ABOUT THE CASE
Kejriwal's name has been mentioned multiple times in charge sheets filed by the Enforcement Directorate in the excise policy case.
