Supreme Court Denies K Kavitha's Petition: Key Details Revealed

In a money laundering case relating to Delhi excise policy irregularities, the Supreme Court denied bail to BRS leader K Kavitha on March 22.

According to Sanjiv Khanna, MM Sundresh, and Bela Trivedi, her petition was denied by a special bench consisting of justices Sanjiv Khanna, MM Sundresh and Bela Trivedi, who said she had to seek relief from the trial court under a uniform policy. Moreover, it stated that politicians or those who can afford it cannot directly approach the top court for bail.

Once Ms Kavitha files her bail petition, the ED will be notified of the provisions of the money laundering law invoked in her arrest.

In the ED's custody, Kavitha is being interrogated for seven days until March 23. She was arrested after an ED team conducted a search at her Hyderabad residence on March 15. The petition of K Kavitha also challenged her remand and argued that the remand order violated Article 141 which states that the Supreme Court declares a law that is binding on all courts within the Indian territory.

In her plea, K Kavitha also challenged section 19 (1) of the PMLA Act. Meanwhile, BRS leader K Kavitha on Tuesday withdrew her Supreme Court petition challenging the Directorate of Enforcement's summons.

Through her lawyer P Mohith Rao, K Kavitha had moved the Supreme Court on Monday challenging her arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case involving Delhi excise policy irregularities.

ED custody of Ms Kavitha, daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR), expires tomorrow.

As part of an urgent hearing against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal last evening, her writ petition was heard this morning in the Supreme Court.

Kejriwal is the third leader of the Aam Aadmi Party arrested in this case, following his former deputy Manish Sisodia and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh.

Kavitha, MLC of Telangana Legislative Council, was arrested three days earlier in connection with an alleged Delhi Liquor Policy Scam.

"In exchange of these favours, she was involved in paying ₹ 100 crore to the leaders of AAP," the agency has said.

"ED investigation revealed that K Kavitha along with others allegedly conspired with the top leaders of AAP including Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia for getting favours in the Delhi Excise policy formulation and implementation," ED claimed in a statement.

Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai and other locations have been searched by the ED to date. ED has filed one prosecution complaint and five supplementary complaints in the case so far. 15 people, including Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, and Vijay Nair from AAP, have been arrested in the case.

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