The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on August 12 the pleas filed by BRS leader K Kavitha challenging the Delhi High Court’s verdict denying her bail in corruption and money laundering cases linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. The high court had on July 1 dismissed Kavitha’s bail pleas in both the cases, saying she was prima facie one of the main conspirators in the criminal conspiracy.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is set to hear on August 12 the petitions filed by BRS leader K Kavitha challenging the Delhi High Court‘s decision to deny her bail in corruption and money laundering cases linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.
Kavitha, who is the daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, had her bail pleas dismissed by the high court on July 1. The court found that she was
“prima facie one of the main conspirators in the criminal conspiracy”
associated with the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22.
According to the Supreme Court’s cause list for August 12, a bench comprising Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan will preside over her petitions. The high court’s earlier ruling noted that the investigation was at a “crucial stage” and therefore, no case for granting regular bail was established at this time.
The court rejected Kavitha’s plea for bail on the grounds of her gender, stating that as a
“well-educated person and a former MP, could not be considered a vulnerable female.”
The court further emphasized that it could not overlook the “serious allegations” against her.
In its ruling, the high court asserted,
“This court is of the opinion that K Kavitha was prima facie one of the main conspirators in the criminal conspiracy hatched in relation to formulation and implementation of Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22.”
The court pointed out that material collected by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) indicated that Kavitha played a central role in the conspiracy surrounding the policy’s creation and execution.
Kavitha had previously challenged the May 6 order of a trial court that dismissed her bail applications in both the CBI’s corruption case and the ED’s money-laundering case. The allegations against her stem from purported corruption and money laundering activities in connection with the formulation and implementation of the Delhi Excise Policy.
The ED arrested Kavitha, 46, from her residence in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, on March 15. Following her arrest, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) also took her into custody while she was in Tihar Jail.
In her bail plea filed in the high court concerning the ED case, Kavitha argued that she had “nothing to do” with the excise policy and claimed that the case against her was part of a “criminal conspiracy” orchestrated by the ruling party at the Centre, in collusion with the ED.
Click Here to Read Previous Reports on K Kavitha
FOLLOW US ON YOUTUBE FOR MORE LEGAL UPDATES
