The Bench of Justice Yogesh Khanna sought responses from Vijay Nair and Abhishek Boinpally and fixed the matter for December 5. The court deferred the CBI interim application seeking a stay on order passed after noting that the accused are presently in Enforcement Directorate's custody.
Speaking to ANI, he said that the Jharkhand Excise Amendment Bill was in the interest of the liquor vendors and killing the revenue of the state and that is why, the state BJP was continuously opposing the Bill from street to State Assembly.
Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais has returned a Jharkhand Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2022, passed by the Hemant Soren government in the state assembly earlier this year with a slew of suggestions and directions to make changes accordingly.
The Rouse Avenue Court on Monday sent two businessmen to judicial custody in connection with ED's ongoing money laundering probe into the Delhi Excise policy 2021-22.
While hearing the petition moved by businessman Vijay Nair, the bench of Justice Yashwant Varma passed the directions. The matter has been listed on February 7, 2023.
The Rouse Avenue Court on Saturday extended the Enforcement Directorate (ED) remand of Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Vijay Nair and Hyderabad-based businessman Abhishek Boinpally for another five days.
They were arrested last week under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act following long questioning with them at the Enforcement Directorate headquarters.
Businessman Dinesh Arora, an accused in in the Delhi excise policy case last week submitted that "I am ready to make true disclosure voluntarily about the case and wants to be an approver in the case".
The ED and the CBI have alleged that irregularities were committed while modifying the Excise Policy, undue favours were extended to licence holders, licence fee was waived or reduced and L-1 licence was extended without the competent authority's approval. The beneficiaries diverted "illegal
The High Court after hearing the submission of Senior advocate Dayan Krishnan asked the CBI and ED to place on record the officially released press communications in the case in question by Friday.