Delhi high court slams ex-AAP MLA on plea to remove Arvind Kejriwal as CM: ‘Heavy costs…’
Hindustan TimesArvind Kejriwal Arrest News: The Delhi high court on Monday said “heavy costs should be imposed” on the petitioner as it transferred a plea filed by former Aam Aadmi Party MLA Sandeep Kumar seeking to dislodge Arvind Kejriwal from holding the post of Delhi chief minister, following his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to the now-scrapped excise policy case, to a bench led by acting chief justice Manmohan. Aam Aadmi Party supporters hold placards with a photograph of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal during a hunger strike organised by the AAP at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on April 7. After transferring the petition, justice Prasad said, “I would have imposed heavy costs.” In his petition, Sandeep Kumar said after his arrest by the ED, Arvind Kejriwal has incurred an "incapacity" to carry out the chief minister's functions under the Constitution. Delhi high court already rejected two pleas The high court had earlier rejected two public interest litigation pleas seeking Arvind Kejriwal's removal from the chief minister's post.