Court refuses to stay proceedings against Kejriwal for skipping ED summons

New Delhi: A sessions court on Friday refused to stay the proceedings against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal before a magisterial court on the ED’s complaint against him for skipping summons in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy case.

Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Syal directed Kejriwal to approach the metropolitan magistrate for exemption

from personal appearance in the matter.

Kejriwal had moved the sessions court against the order passed by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Divya Malhotra asking him to appear before her on March 16.

The Enforcement Directorate has filed two complaints before the magisterial court seeking Kejriwal’s prosecution for skipping multiple

summonses issued to him in the case.