Senior advocate Vikram Chaudhary, appearing for Kavitha, argued that her arrest yesterday was a blatant abuse of power, which violated an effective stay on her arrest, at least until March 19, when the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear her plea.Chaudhary even went on to add that an Additional Solicitor General (ASG) had given an oral assurance to the SC that the ED would not arrest Kavitha until March 19. “But look at the way, she is arrested. This is completely illegal,” he said, questioning the ED’s way of arresting her.If the ASG had given an oral assurance to the SC, then it should have refrained from arresting her till March 19. The ED has violated the apex court’s orders, he alleged.Chaudhary also cited that in yesterday’s hearing in the Supreme Court, it did not record the ASG’s assurance only because the ASG requested against it. On the contrary, hours after the Supreme Court hearing, the ED entered her house under the garb of searches. But, at 5:20 PM, she was intimated of her arrest, he alleged. “What prevented them from waiting for three days,” Chaudhary argued.
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