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Delhi liquor policy case: SC issues notice to CBI and ED on K Kavitha's bail plea

By Jhanak Sharma      12 August, 2024 01:56 PM      0 Comments
Delhi liquor policy case SC issues notice to CBI and ED on K Kavithas bail plea

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from CBI and the ED to a bail plea filed by BRS leader and Telangana MLC, K Kavitha in the cases filed by both the central agencies in connection with the 2021-22 liquor policy scam.

A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan issued notice to the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate, returnable by August 20.

Appearing for Kavitha, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi said the petitioner has been in jail for five months. He said she is entitled to bail as her case was covered by the judgments in cases of Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia.

In her plea, Kavitha assailed the correctness of the Delhi High Court's order of July 01, which rejected her bail petition.

The ED had arrested Kavitha on the evening of March 15, 2024 from her Hyderabad residence.

On April 11, the CBI took her into custody in the separate case, being probed by it, in the scam.

Also Read: Delhi liquor policy case: SC to hear K Kavitha's bail plea on Aug 12

On July 1, HC's single judge bench Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma said there was no merit in the prayer made by the accused seeking bail in the case.

On May 6, Special Judge of CBI and ED cases, of the Rouse Avenue Court here in Delhi, Judge Kaveri Baweja dismissed Kavitha's bail plea in the excise case.

She then filed an appeal before the Delhi HC seeking bail and challenging the dismissal of bail.

The trial court had earlier too rejected her bail plea, after noting that her alleged complicity in the case could not be ruled out.

Kavitha, 46, the daughter of the former Chief Minister of Telanagana, K Chandrashekar Rao, claimed innocence in the case.

The ED claimed Kavitha was a key member of the "South Group", which has been accused of paying the ruling AAP in Delhi kickbacks of Rs 100 crore in return for a big share of liquor licences in the national capital.

The ED alleged that one of the accused in the case, Vijay Nair, received kickbacks to the tune of at least Rs 100 crores on behalf of AAP leaders from the "South Group", allegedly controlled by Sarath Reddy, Kavitha and Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy.
 



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