Former
Chief Minister Hemant Soren moved the Supreme Court on Monday against rejection
of his bail plea by the Jharkhand High Court in a money laundering case linked
to an alleged land scam.
Senior
advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Soren, mentioned the matter before a bench
headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud seeking urgent listing of his plea.
The
bench also comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said it would look
into the request.
The
Jharkhand High Court on Friday dismissed Soren's writ petition challenging his
arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and denied bail to him.
Soren was arrested by the ED on January 31 and is at
present in judicial custody and lodged at the Birsa Munda Central Jail in
Ranchi. He was sent to the jail on February 15 after 13-day custody of the ED.