Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Oct 10: Satyendar Jain, leader of the Aam Aadmi Party and a minister for Delhi, has filed a petition with the Supreme Court to contest the transfer of his bail request in a money laundering case from the judge who was hearing the case to a different judge.
Senior Attorney Kapil Sibal presented the argument before Chief Justice of India (CJI) UU Lalit on Monday, and the CJI consented to schedule the case for hearing the following day.
“List the matter tomorrow as first item on board,” CJI Lalit directed.
Jain has appealed a Delhi High Court decision that rejected his argument. Jain had filed a complaint with the Delhi High Court in response to an order made by Principal District and Sessions Court Vinay Kumar Gupta of the Rouse Avenue court that had approved ED’s request to have judge Vikas Dhull take over Jain’s case from judge Geejanjali Goel.
When the ED requested a transfer of the case, citing bias on the part of Special Judge Geetanjli Goel, he was in the last stages of hearing arguments in Jain’s bail plea.
The Rouse Avenue court’s approval of this led to the High Court hearing the plea. The High Court dismissed Jain’s plea on October 1 leading to the current appeal before the top court.
