Excise policy ‘scam’: Supreme Court to hear bail pleas of Vijay Nair, K Kavitha on Tuesday
New Delhi, August 26
The Supreme Court will take up on August 27 the bail pleas of former Aam Aadmi Party communication in-charge Vijay Nair and BRS leader K Kavitha in money-laundering cases linked to the Delhi excise policy ‘scam’.
A Bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice SVN Bhatti – which had issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate on August 12 on Nair’s plea – is scheduled to take up the matter on August 27. It had noted that the accused has been in custody for two years.
Nair, who was arrested on November 13, 2022, has challenged the trial court’s July 29 order refusing to grant him default bail.
Another Bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice KV Viswanathan will hear the bail plea of BRS leader K Kavitha in corruption and money laundering cases linked to the Delhi excise policy ‘scam’.
The Bench had on August 12 sought responses from the CBI and the ED on Kavitha’s pleas challenging a July 1 Delhi High Court order denying her bail in corruption and money laundering cases.
The ED arrested Kavitha (46) from her Banjara Hills residence in Hyderabad on March 15. The CBI arrested her on April 11 from Tihar jail in connection with the corruption case.
Kavitha has denied all allegations.
The Delhi High Court had dismissed Kavitha’s bail pleas in both the cases, saying she was prima facie one of the main conspirators in the criminal conspiracy related to the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22.
The CBI and the ED have lodged separate cases pertaining to alleged corruption and money-laundering in the formulation and implementation of the policy.
