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Delhi Excise Policy case: BRS leader K Kavitha was Friday refused bail by the Supreme Court in the alleged Delhi excise policy “scam” case. The apex court noted that it cannot bypass protocol for any person and has to maintain uniformity.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, MM Sundresh and Bela M Trivedi told K Kavitha to approach the trial court, citing the practice followed by the Supreme Court and the protocol cannot be bypassed for any person.
On Kavitha’s petition challenging the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the apex court bench issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), asking the agency to file a response in six weeks.
“The petition challenging the provisions will come up with the pending matters,” the bench told senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Kavitha.
At the outset, Sibal said that people are being arrested on the basis of an approver’s statement.
The bench said it is not going into the merit of the case at the moment.
Kavitha has moved the top court challenging her arrest by the ED in connection with the Delhi excise policy case.
A member of the Telangana Legislative Council and daughter of former state chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, Kavitha was arrested on March 15 and remanded to the ED’s custody till March 23 in the case.
(With PTI inputs)
