The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice in the plea filed by former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case (Hemant Soren v. Directorate of Enforcement and anr).A Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta listed the matter for hearing next week. It also observed,"It is open for the High Court to pronounce judgment in the reserved case till then.".Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal appeared for Soren..Hemant Soren will be in jail and elections will be over: Kapil Sibal to Supreme Court.In his plea before the apex court, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader highlighted the delay by the Jharkhand High Court in delivering its order in his petition challenging his arrest.He had earlier moved the Supreme Court under Article 32 challenging his arrest, but the apex court had refused to entertain the same and directed him to approach the Jharkhand High Court first..Soren had stepped down as Chief Minister of Jharkhand on January 31 in the wake of his arrest by the ED in a money laundering case related to the “illegal change of ownership of land by the mafia” in the State.The ED filed a prosecution complaint on June 23, 2016 in connection with the case under Section 45 of PMLA against Soren, Ranjan, nine others and three companies.Soren has denied the allegations of money laundering. In a video released soon before he was taken into custody, he claimed he was being arrested on the basis of “fake papers” as a part of a conspiracy. The Jharkhand High Court is yet to pronounce its order in his plea.
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice in the plea filed by former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case (Hemant Soren v. Directorate of Enforcement and anr).A Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta listed the matter for hearing next week. It also observed,"It is open for the High Court to pronounce judgment in the reserved case till then.".Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal appeared for Soren..Hemant Soren will be in jail and elections will be over: Kapil Sibal to Supreme Court.In his plea before the apex court, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader highlighted the delay by the Jharkhand High Court in delivering its order in his petition challenging his arrest.He had earlier moved the Supreme Court under Article 32 challenging his arrest, but the apex court had refused to entertain the same and directed him to approach the Jharkhand High Court first..Soren had stepped down as Chief Minister of Jharkhand on January 31 in the wake of his arrest by the ED in a money laundering case related to the “illegal change of ownership of land by the mafia” in the State.The ED filed a prosecution complaint on June 23, 2016 in connection with the case under Section 45 of PMLA against Soren, Ranjan, nine others and three companies.Soren has denied the allegations of money laundering. In a video released soon before he was taken into custody, he claimed he was being arrested on the basis of “fake papers” as a part of a conspiracy. The Jharkhand High Court is yet to pronounce its order in his plea.