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The bail plea of AAP leader Manish Sisodia in the Delhi liquor scam was heard in the Supreme Court. During this, the court asked many questions to the ED. After lengthy arguments, the court postponed the hearing of the case. Now this will be heard on October 12. Actually, Manish Sisodia has filed two petitions, in which the Delhi High Court’s decision of not granting bail has been challenged. Senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi presented the case on behalf of Manish Sisodia. Singhvi told the Supreme Court that the allegations are baseless and do not prove that the petitioner has any connection with the rigging. Accused Vijay Nair is not an associate of the petitioner.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti asked whether there was any indication linking the proceeds of money laundering activity to Sisodia. How do you factually and legally establish money laundering on the part of Sisodia? They may have known it could be used, but never came into physical possession of it. The bench also asked why he had mentioned two figures of Rs 100 crore and Rs 30 crore. The question is who made this payment to him (the accused) because there could be many people who gave the money, who are not necessarily associated with liquor.
Today was the second day of hearing on the bail plea of Manish Sisodia in the Supreme Court. During the hearing on Wednesday, the Supreme Court had asked that when the political party is being said to be benefiting in the Delhi Liquor Policy scam, then why has the political party not been made an accused in the money laundering case? The court said that he (Manish Sisodia) has not got any benefit from this and here the political party is the beneficiary but the party has still not been made an accused.
