The Supreme Court on Monday tagged the petition filed by Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter K Kavitha against the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate
in relation with her alleged involvement in the Delhi Excise Policy scam.
A bench comprising of Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice Bela M Trivedi said that they would hear the petitions of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and others after three weeks.
The Apex Court was briefed by Senior advocate Kapil Sibal that a similar plea has been filed by Nalini Chidambaram, a senior advocate and wife of Congress leader P Chidambaram, is pending on a similar issue of summoning of women accused by the federal agency.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SV Raju said after that Nalini Chidambaram filed petition, a judgement was passed by a three-judge bench upholding the provisions of the Prevention of the Money Laundering Act, which squarely covers the provisions for summoning an accused.
The bench said it would be better if all the petitions are heard together and has listed the matter after three weeks.
Mehta sought permission to file a detailed note on the issue, which the bench allowed.
The BRS MLA in her plea had said that as per norms a woman cannot be summoned for questioning before ED in office and her questioning should take place at her residence. KCR’s daughter has sought protection from arrest and challenged the summons by the Enforcement Directorate.