A Special Bench of the Supreme Court on Friday refused to intervene in a plea by former Jharkhand Chief minister Hemant Soren challenging his arrest on money laundering charges in a land scam case, asking him to try his luck in the Jharkhand High Court.
“Why don’t you go to the High Court. It is a constitutional court. The High Courts are open to everyone… Once we permit you to come directly here, we will have to permit everybody,” Justice Sanjiv Khanna told senior advocates Kapil Sibal and A.M. Singhvi, appearing for Mr. Soren.
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