The
Delhi High Court on Friday sought response of the CBI and ED on former deputy
chief minister Manish Sisodia's pleas seeking bail in the corruption and money
laundering cases lodged in relation to the alleged excise policy scam.
Justice
Swarana Kanta Sharma issued notices to the Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sisodia's pleas challenging a
trial court's April 30 order by which his bail petitions were dismissed.
The
high court listed the matter for further hearing on May 8.
Sisodia,
in an interim application, urged the court to continue the trial court's order
allowing him to meet his ailing wife once a week in custody, during pendency of
his pleas.
As
the counsel for the ED submitted that the probe agency has no objection if the
trial court order is continued, Justice Sharma allowed the request.
The
trial court had dismissed Sisodia's bail pleas in the corruption and
money-laundering cases lodged by the CBI and ED respectively in connection with
alleged irregularities in the formulation and execution of the now-scrapped
Delhi excise policy for 2021-22.