Court to hear arguments on Delhi govt’s plea on Jan 15

A Delhi court will next week hear the ongoing arguments on an application of Delhi government seeking release of documents seized by CBI during its raid on December 15 last year at the office of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s principal secretary Rajender Kumar.

The part arguments on the plea was heard by Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Jain who fixed the matter for January 15.

In its plea, the Delhi government has said that CBI should be asked to release documents which were not essential for the purpose of probe, seized by it “indiscriminately”. It has also sought initiation of stringent action against erring officials responsible for raiding “malafidely the office of applicant and seizing documents which cause immense dislocation of work in the office of the applicant.” The plea said: “The sole objective of raid at ‘said premises’ was to malafidely intrude, obstruct and dislocate the work of government of NCT of Delhi as such and cause immense harm, juxtaposed with state’s functions to secure societal reforms, welfare, security and privacy.”