Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, has taken legal action by filing a challenge in a sessions court in Delhi. This challenge is against the summons issued to him by a lower court. The summons were issued in response to two complaints filed by the Enforcement Directorate. These complaints accuse Kejriwal of evading its summons in connection to a money laundering case linked to an alleged excise scam.

Later in the day, Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Syal is expected to preside over Arvind Kejriwal's applications.

Kejriwal has lodged an appeal with the Sessions Court contesting the rulings made by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Divya Malhotra. ACMM Malhotra had instructed Kejriwal to present himself before the court on March 16.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) lodged two complaints with the magisterial court, seeking the prosecution of Kejriwal. This was in response to Kejriwal's repeated failure to comply with multiple summonses issued to him in connection with the case.

The most recent complaint concerns the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor's failure to comply with summons numbered four to eight, sent by the federal probe agency under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), as stated by the ED. Earlier, the ED had approached the magisterial court, seeking Kejriwal's prosecution for his non-attendance of the initial three summons issued to him in the money laundering case connected to the now-abolished Delhi excise policy.

The court of ACMM Malhotra has scheduled a hearing on this matter regarding summons numbered one to three on March 16, along with the other complaint.

According to the ED, Kejriwal has so far ignored eight summons issued by the agency.