The
Delhi High Court on Thursday listed for hearing on September 9 Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal's petition challenging the summonses issued to him by the
Enforcement Directorate in connection with its probe into an excise
policy-linked money laundering case.
A
bench headed by Justice Prathiba M Singh granted four more weeks to the AAP
leader to file a rejoinder to the reply submitted by the ED.
The senior counsel, appearing for Kejriwal, sought
more time to file the rejoinder saying there are certain changes in the
circumstances and they have not been given a proper legal interview, a plea for
which is pending in the high court.
"Let
the rejoinder be filed in four weeks," the bench, also comprising Justice
Amit Sharma, said.
The
counsel for the ED had earlier said the petition against the summonses was infructuous
after Kejriwal's arrest by the agency on March 21 in the money laundering case
following the high court's refusal to grant him interim protection from
coercive action.
On
April 22, the court had given two weeks' time to Kejriwal to file his rejoinder.
On the next date of hearing in May, the court allowed him four weeks more to
place his stand on record.