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NEW DELHI: A Public Interest Litigation has been filed on Tuesday in Delhi high court seeking direction to restrain chief minister Arvind Kejriwal from issuing orders while in police custody of the Enforcement Directorate.
The plea seeks the high court to direct the central agency to register a complaint and investigate how the directions issued by Kejriwal in police custody reached Delhi minister Atishi.
The petitioner, Surjit Singh Yadav, through Advocates Shashi Ranjan Kumar Singh and Mahesh Kumar, further stated that Arvind Kejriwal, while issuing directions and orders in custody, is breaching his oath of secrecy administered to him under the Third Schedule of the Constitution of India.
Notably, the petitioner also filed another PIL in the Delhi HC, praying for the removal of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from holding the post of chief minister of the government of NCT of Delhi.
The Delhi HC had earlier refused to pass orders granting interim protection from coercive action to him in the said case before his arrest.
The plea stated that after the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal, Minister of Govt of NCT of Delhi Atishi has given interviews to various channels on March 21, 2024, stating and affirming that Arvind Kejriwal will not resign from his post and, if needed, will run the government from jail.
She had said “Arvind Kejriwal was the Delhi CM, is the CM and will continue to remain the CM, he will not resign,” the plea read.
The plea stated that the continuance of Arvind Kejriwal as the chief minister of the government of NCT of Delhi after his arrest by the ED has degraded the credibility and image of the government of NCT of Delhi in the eyes of the general public.
The continuation of Kejriwal as the Chief Minister of Government of the NCT of Delhi will not only lead to obstruction of due process of law and disrupt the course of justice but would also lead to a breakdown of the constitutional machinery in the state, the plea added.
The plea seeks the high court to direct the central agency to register a complaint and investigate how the directions issued by Kejriwal in police custody reached Delhi minister Atishi.
The petitioner, Surjit Singh Yadav, through Advocates Shashi Ranjan Kumar Singh and Mahesh Kumar, further stated that Arvind Kejriwal, while issuing directions and orders in custody, is breaching his oath of secrecy administered to him under the Third Schedule of the Constitution of India.
Notably, the petitioner also filed another PIL in the Delhi HC, praying for the removal of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from holding the post of chief minister of the government of NCT of Delhi.
The Delhi HC had earlier refused to pass orders granting interim protection from coercive action to him in the said case before his arrest.
The plea stated that after the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal, Minister of Govt of NCT of Delhi Atishi has given interviews to various channels on March 21, 2024, stating and affirming that Arvind Kejriwal will not resign from his post and, if needed, will run the government from jail.
She had said “Arvind Kejriwal was the Delhi CM, is the CM and will continue to remain the CM, he will not resign,” the plea read.
The plea stated that the continuance of Arvind Kejriwal as the chief minister of the government of NCT of Delhi after his arrest by the ED has degraded the credibility and image of the government of NCT of Delhi in the eyes of the general public.
The continuation of Kejriwal as the Chief Minister of Government of the NCT of Delhi will not only lead to obstruction of due process of law and disrupt the course of justice but would also lead to a breakdown of the constitutional machinery in the state, the plea added.
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