Supreme Court stays trial in ED case against Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren

Soren has challenged the recent Jharkhand High Court's decision refusing to quash the case against him.

In a relief to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, the Supreme Court stayed the trail in money laundering case registered against the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) supremo.

A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate on the plea of Soren in which he had sought quashing of the case.

The plea had challenged the repetitive summons issued to Soren by the ED.

The chief minister had challenged the recent Jharkhand High Court's decision to not quash the case against him.

The high court, on January 15 had refused to quash the cognizance taken against Soren by a special MP-MLA court in a complaint case filed by the ED, dealing a setback to the JMM leader.

The ED had filed a case against Soren for not appearing before it despite summonses issued by it in connection with his alleged involvement in a land scam.