Sisodia, who visited the family of detained AAP MLA Mehraj Malik at his official residence to express the party’s support, was replying to a question about his response to the latest high court notice.
“Whatever the processes of the court, we respect the court and will follow all legal processes,” he told reporters in Jammu.
HC seeks response from Kejriwal, others on CBI plea
The high court on Monday sought responses from former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and 21 others on a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging their discharge in the case by a trial court.
On February 27, the trial court discharged Kejriwal, Sisodia and others, pulling up the CBI by stating that its case was wholly unable to survive judicial scrutiny and stood discredited in its entirety.
Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma of the Delhi High Court issued notice to all the accused and listed the CBI’s petition for hearing on March 16.
“Let a reply be filed,” Justice Sharma had ordered.
The court said it would pass an order asking the trial court to defer proceedings in the connected money-laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate, to await the outcome in the present matter.
The CBI had contended that the trial court order discharging Kejriwal and Sisodia in the excise policy case was perverse and had “turned the criminal law on its head”.
