Supreme Court agrees to hear a petition of Chief Minister Hemant Soren on September 15 against ED summons. In the land scam case, ED has issued summons to Chief Minister Hemant Soren for questioning, calling it illegal, the CM has filed a petition in the Supreme Court. Now the said petition is likely to be heard on September 15.
ED has issued summons to the CM thrice.
Earlier, he was sent a summons on August 8 and asked to appear on August 14, but he did not turn up. During that time he had said that he has to hoist the flag on the occasion of 77th Independence Day on 15th August, many meetings are already scheduled, he is involved in many programs, in such a situation there is a plan to destabilize the government by suddenly calling him for questioning on 14th August. Has been created. The Chief Minister alleges that the investigating agencies are working at the behest of the Central Government.
When he did not appear on the first summons, he was sent a second summons and was asked to appear at ED's Ranchi zonal office for questioning on August 24, but this time also CM Soren did not arrive. Meanwhile, the Chief Minister had written a letter to the ED asking it to withdraw the summons.
Describing the summons as illegal, he had also talked about dealing with ED through legal process. It is noteworthy that the Chief Minister had challenged the action of the Enforcement Directorate by filing a writ petition in the Supreme Court on August 23.
After this, ED sent him a third summons and called him for questioning on September 9. He did not attend as he had gone to attend a dinner hosted by the President in connection with the G-20 summit. Now it remains to be seen what will be the next stand of the Chief Minister after the hearing on coming Friday. ED has to inquire about his and his family's properties.
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