Next hearing on Hemant Soren's plea against ED on Feb 27
On 5 February, the high court had asked the ED to file its reply on Soren's petition
![Hemant Soren, JMM executive president, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on 31 January. (photo: IANS)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2023-06%2Ffb189dcd-fc8b-41c9-aa29-de7a9cb8276c%2F97cdb0f4b7f650cc284e3b1ec1e9e783__1_.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C1200%2C675&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp)
The Jharkhand High Court on Monday, 12 February adjourned the hearing on a petition filed by arrested ex-chief minister Hemant Soren against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) till 27 February.
The court will again hear the plea on that day.
It asked the federal agency to file a consolidated affidavit.
The high court had on 5 February asked the ED to file its reply on Soren's petition.
Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on 31 January in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land fraud.
The JMM leader was on 2 February remanded to ED custody by a special PMLA (the Prevention of Money Laundering Act) court in Ranchi for five days.
The court had on 7 February extended the ED remand of the former chief minister by five days.
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Published: 12 Feb 2024, 12:40 PM