ED to submit response on Kavitha’s bail plea by Aug 22

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday told the Supreme Court it will file its response to BRS leader K Kavitha’s bail plea in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam by August 22.

Additional Solicitor General (ASG) S V Raju, appearing for the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), told a bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan that the CBI’s counter affidavit has already been filed.

Raju said the ED’s counter affidavit was in the “pipeline” and would be filed by August 22. While posting the matter for hearing on August 27, the bench said rejoinder, if any, should be filed by August 23. The apex court had on August 12 sought responses from the CBI and the ED on Kavitha’s pleas challenging the Delhi High Court’s July 1 verdict denying her bail in the two cases.