Delhi court dismisses Kejriwal’s application seeking to increase legal meetings

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A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed the application moved by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking to increase his legal meetings while he is in judicial custody in the money laundering case related to the now scrapped Delhi liquor excise policy 2021-22.o)..

They had also apprised the court that legal meetings are being misused for purposes other than consultation and submitted that there are statements recorded under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) that Kejriwal is passing orders through the lawyers..

Arguing further EDs special public prosecutor, Zoheb Hossain, argued that granting of five legal meetings is against the jail manual while pointing out that one of the consequences of JC is that your exposure to the outside world is limited and is in accordance with law..

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