Jharkhand HC finds defects in CM's plea against ED

RANCHI: The Jharkhand high court on Friday adjourned the hearing of chief minister Hemant Soren's petition, challenging the issuance of summons to him by the Enforcement Directorate to October 11 after finding defects in the plea. Soren had moved the high court after the ED issued him several summons to appear at its office here in connection with a land scam case.
Soren's petition was filed on September 23 and was mentioned for hearing on Friday.The case was listed before the bench of Chief Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra and Justice Ananda Sen under the heading "orders with defect".
The court upon taking up the matter directed Soren's counsel to cure the defects in the petition and will hear the matter again on October 11. The case will be listed for hearing after the defects in the petition are removed by the chief minister's counsel, it said.
Explaining more about the general practice in the high court, advocate Hemant Shikarwar said when a petition is taken up by the bench, it is on the court concerned to either ignore the defects (if they can be ignored) or grant some time to the counsel to remove the defects. It is the order of the court which has to be followed, Shikarwar added.
Soren had first approached the Supreme Court against the ED on September 18. The apex court, however, observed that he ought to move before the high court first.