ED calls its own affidavit ‘fishy’ in SC, disowns it

Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora, appearing for the petitioner, argued that this appeared to be a strategy to keep the accused in jail. Opposing this, the ASG replied, “There is something fishy in the filing of the affidavit. It was filed without being vetted by the investigating agency, without even referring to the facts.”The surprised bench observed, “The counter must have been filed by your Advocate on Record (AOR). You are raising doubts on your AOR.” But the ASG said that the AoR cannot be blamed as the affidavit came from the ED, and that some miscommunication has happened. The ASG said he has told the ED Director to institute a departmental inquiry. The court fixed the matter for final hearing on February 5.



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