Delhi HC may hear CM Arvind Kejriwal petition challenging his arrest by ED today

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According to the cause list released by the high court on Tuesday, the petition seeking Kejriwal's immediate release is listed for hearing before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma at 10.30am...

Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 and has subsequently been remanded in ED's custody till March 28 by a Delhi court "for his detailed and sustained interrogation"...

In his latest plea filed before the high court on Saturday, the CM sought an urgent hearing, arguing that his arrest, remand and custody were illegal..

ED arrested Kejriwal hours after the high court, in an earlier round of litigation, refused to grant him protection from coercive action by the federal anti-money laundering agency..

Senior AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh are in judicial custody in the case.. ED has alleged that the accused were in touch with Kejriwal to formulate the excise policy that resulted in undue benefits to them in return for which they had paid kickbacks to AAP..

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