Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking to withdraw
his plea against his arrest by the ED in the excise policy-linked money
laundering case, hours after the apex court agreed to hear the matter.
Senior advocate
Abhishek Singhvi, representing Kejriwal, mentioned the matter before a bench
headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna and said since the remand proceedings before
the trial court later in the day will be clashing with the hearing in the top
court, he be allowed to withdraw the plea.
He said Kejriwal
will contest the remand proceedings before the trial court and then come back
to the apex court with another petition.
"You may go
there (before trial court). Just write an e-mail to the registry. We will
see," Justice Khanna told Singhvi.
Singhvi said,
"I will write a letter to the registry. I had to mention this again before
this court so that it is convenient for your lordships".
The move came
hours after Justice Khanna had told Singhvi that Kejriwal's petition against
his arrest would be heard by a three-judge bench during the day.
Kejriwal had
moved the Supreme Court late Thursday after the ED arrested him.
He was arrested hours
after the Delhi High Court refused to grant protection to the AAP national
convenor from any coercive action by the agency.