Hemant Soren

The bypoll for the Gandey assembly seat is slated for May 20, coinciding with the Lok Sabha elections in the state

The federal probe agency obtained these receipts from two Ranchi-based dealers and attached those to its charge sheet filed against the 48-year-old Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader and four others last month.

The ED had filed a charge sheet against the 48-year-old JMM leader and four others -- Bhanu Pratap Prasad, Raj Kumar Pahan, Hilariyas Kachhap and Binod Singh -- on March 30 before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court here.

A special PMLA court on March 21 had extended the judicial custody of Soren till April 4 in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and K V Viswanathan will hear the plea of Soren, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on January 31 in a money laundering case.

The agency had filed a complaint against the senior Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader sometime back, saying he had failed to join the investigation under seven summonses issued to him, the first being on August 14 last year.

A special court in Ranchi had earlier denied permission to Soren to take part in the session that got underway on Friday.

Soren, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on January 31 in a money laundering case, had filed a petition before the special PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) court seeking permission to participate in the budget session.

On February 2, the court granted five days of ED custody to Soren and extended it twice for seven days in total.

Soren, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha executive president, was on February 7 remanded to five days of ED custody by the special PMLA (the Prevention of Money Laundering Act) court.

Soren, JMM executive president, on February 2 was remanded to five days' ED custody by the special PMLA (The Prevention of Money Laundering Act) court which ended on Wednesday.

Making 1932 the cut-off year for the domicile policy will help descendants of those, who were living in present-day Jharkhand before that year, avail benefits in various schemes and get government jobs.

Soren, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday in a money laundering case, filed a petition before the special PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) court, seeking permission to participate in the trust vote sought by the new government.

Soren alleged the ED’s action, initiated at the behest of the central government, was aimed at toppling his democratically elected government.

The court further noted that Soren could approach the High Court seeking for the same reliefs he sought from the Supreme Court

Hemant Soren met Jharkhand Governor CP Radhakrishnan at the Raj Bhawan in Ranchi in the late hours of January 31, and handed over his resignation after about six hours of questioning by the ED

A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra agreed to hear the plea of the former Jharkhand chief minister on Friday.

The Enforcement Directorate arrested the Hemant Soren in a land scam case soon after he resigned as Jharkhand chief minister following hours-long questioning in Ranchi.

News Highlights: We have demanded that the process to start the formation of the Government should begin, says Champai Soren. Following Hemant Soren’s resignation, Champai Soren, the state’s transport minister, was designated as his successor.

Before his arrest, Soren tendered his resignation as Jharkhand chief minister to Governor CP Radhakrishnan at the Raj Bhavan and was then taken to the ED office here.