A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will hear the plea of Soren in which he has challenged the May 3 order of the Jharkhand High Court dismissing his petition against the arrest. Soren had also sought interim bail for campaigning in the Lok Sabha elections till the court delivers its verdict on his plea against arrest. On May 10, the top court had disposed of Soren's plea seeking a direction to the high court to deliver its verdict on his petition challenging his arrest by the ED in a money laundering case. In his appeal filed through advocate Praghya Baghel, Soren said that the high court had erred in dismissing his plea against the arrest. On May 3, the high court dismissed his plea and denied him bail in the money laundering case.

Source: Indian Express May 12, 2024 19:00 UTC