SC to hear Hemant Soren's bail plea for campaigning on Monday

The Supreme Court on Friday disposed of former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren's infructuous plea for SC's direction to the high court to deliver a judgement on his challenge of arrest by ED in a money laundering case.

A division bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said that and HC had given its verdict and Soren has already challenged it in SC. His appeal is slated for hearing on May 13. Soren has also sought interim bail for campaigning in the Lok Sabha elections.

HC reserved its order on February 28 and on April 29, SC said it would be open for the high court to pronounce its verdict. Soren was arrested by ED on January 31.