ED Requests Supreme Court To Remove Bansuri Swaraj's Name From List Of Appearances For ED In Sanjay Singh's Bail Order

The Directorate of Enforcement told the Supreme Court today that Advocate Bansuri Swaraj's appearance (on behalf the agency) has inadvertently crept into the order passed yesterday granting bail to Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh in the Delhi Liquor Policy case.

The matter was mentioned by ED counsel Zoheb Hossain before a Bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who was sitting in a Special Bench with Justices MM Sundresh and Bela M Trivedi. It may be recalled that Sanjay Singh was granted bail yesterday on ED's concession in the "peculiar facts" of the case.

Hossain said, "inadvertent error crept into the recording of the appearance. Ms Bansuri Swaraj was neither engaged nor did she appear in the matter". While mentioning that a formal application had been moved and the error might be on the part of the central agency "mechanically" giving names of advocates, he prayed that the appearance may be corrected. 

In response, Justice Khanna said that the needful would be done.

Earlier in the day, AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj, in a post on social media platform 'X', shared a screenshot of the order containing the name of Bansuri Swaraj, who is a Bhartiya Janta Party candidate for the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat, and alleged that the BJP and ED are the same.

Case Title: Sanjay Singh v. Directorate Of Enforcement | Special Leave Petition (Criminal) No. 2558 of 2024