Delhi Court to deliver its verdict on ED's complaint against Kejriwal over summons non-compliance at 4 pm

A Delhi court on Wednesday is set to pronounce its verdict on a complaint lodged by the Enforcement Directorate against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for failing to comply with a summons in a case of alleged money laundering linked to the liquor excise policy.

The ED took the matter to the Delhi court after Kejriwal skipped its summons for the fifth time on February 2. The complaint was presented before additional chief metropolitan magistrate Divya Malhotra, who had scheduled the matter for further consideration on Wednesday. "I am posting the matter for order at 4 PM," said Divya Malhotra, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate.

Arvind Kejriwal had skipped the fifth summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate and asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) aims to destabilize his government in Delhi by orchestrating his arrest.

Initially summoned on November 2, Kejriwal rejected the summons, citing it as "vague, motivated, and unsustainable in law." Instead, he traveled to Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh to address a political rally. Subsequently, when called for questioning on December 21, Kejriwal chose to attend a 10-day Vipassana meditation course at a center in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district. He received three summons this year, on January 3, January 18, and February 2.​