ED opposes Kejriwal plea: Can’t commit crime and claim immunity citing elections | Delhi News
Opposing Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea against his arrest in the Delhi excise policy case and subsequent remand in custody, the Enforcement Directorate told the Delhi High Court Wednesday that “criminals, undertrials have no business to say that they will commit the crime and get immunity on the grounds that elections are coming”. The ED’s submissions were countered by Kejriwal’s counsel and the High Court, after hearing the matter for around four hours, reserved its verdict. Appearing for the ED before the single-judge bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju said, “Suppose a political person commits a murder just two days before the elections. He can’t be arrested? Does the Basic Structure of the Constitution come into play? Basic Structure of the Constitution is not to be applied in this manner. Criminals are supposed to be arrested and put in jail. If they are arrested and put in jail, there is no infringement of Basic Structure. It is an absolutely absurd argument. I may commit murder, police come to arrest me …