New Delhi, March 21 -- The Delhi High Court asked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday why he is not appearing before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in an excise policy-linked money-laundering case, as it sought the agency's stand on the AAP leader's plea challenging the summonses issues against him. "Why don't you appear on receiving the summonses? What is preventing you not to attend?" asked the bench headed by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait.

The bench, also comprising Justice Manoj Jain, noted that the first summons was issued in October last year and said before anything else, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader is a citizen of the country. Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, representing the petitioner in the matter, sa...