NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Wednesday summoned Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on February 17 on a complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against him over the non-compliance of its summons in a money-laundering case linked to the now-scrapped excise policy for the national capital.”Cognisance of the complaint has been taken and a summons is being issued to him to appear on February 17,” Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Divya Malhotra said.The judge had reserved the order after the ED submitted that it had concluded its arguments in the matter.In response, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said it was studying the Delhi court order that asked Kejriwal to appear before it, maintained that the multiple notices by the Enforcement Directorate against Kejriwal were “illegal,” and said it would apprise the court of its stand.”We are studying the court order and will take the necessary legal steps accordingly,” AAP leader Jasmine Shah told a press conference.On February 3, the ED had filed a fresh complaint case against Kejriwal for the non-compliance of its summons. The agency had issued the summons to him on last Wednesday.Kejriwal had skipped the fifth summons issued to him by the ED on Friday. The AAP convenor had skipped four previous summons issued by the ED on January 18, January 3, November 2, and December 22 and had earlier written to the ED, describing the summons as “illegal and politically motivated.”He had alleged that the summonses were aimed at preventing him from campaigning in elections.
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