Kejriwal govt has paid Rs 25.25 crores to legal professionals showing for Liquor Policy Scam circumstances: Report

The Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi authorities has paid Rs 25.25 crores to legal professionals showing for the alleged Delhi Liquor Policy Scam (Delhi Excise Policy Scam) case within the court docket. In the final 18 months, the Delhi authorities has spent a complete of Rs 28.10 crore, as per a report in The New Indian Express.

Out of the two.25. crore spent on the Liquor Scam case, senior advocate Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, showing for the AAP leaders, has acquired Rs 18.97 crores. Rahul Mehra, who appeared for Satyendra Jain’s circumstances, acquired Rs 5.30 crores throughout the identical interval.

In 2021-22, Singhvi acquired Rs 14.85 crore and one other Rs 4.1 crore later. In 2020-21, Mehra acquired Rs 2.4 lakhs solely, however in 2021-22 he acquired Rs 3.9 crores. In 2021-22 the legal professionals contesting the Liquor Scam case acquired Rs 16.09 crores. In the eight months of 2022-23, they acquired Rs 5.24 crores.

Furthermore, the sources on the Raj Bhawan advised TNIE that the full expenditure of the AAP authorities for the reason that rip-off got here to gentle was solely Rs 6.70 crores. Most of the quantity was spent on General Administration Department (GAD) and the well being division.

The Delhi liquor coverage rip-off

According to the chief secretary’s report, cartelisation and monopolies have been happening within the liquor commerce beneath the brand new liquor coverage. It was additionally alleged that liquor licences have been illegally distributed to corporations that had violated the phrases and situations of the New Excise Policy 2021-22.

According to reviews, Manish Sisodia made adjustments to the excise coverage with out the obligatory approval of the LG. He had waived off ₹144.36 crores on licence charges to be paid by the non-public liquor distributors for licences within the identify of the Covid-19 pandemic. He had eliminated the import go price of ₹50 per case of beer and had given undue advantages to liquor sellers by revising the costs of overseas liquor.

According to the CBI FIR, L-1 licences have been issued illegally in change for bribes, and one of many merchants had paid ₹1 crore to an organization managed by an individual who’s an affiliate of Manish Sisodia. It was discovered that L-1 licence holders have been issuing credit score notes to retail distributors with the intention of diverting the funds to public servants, exhibiting that it was a way of paying bribes in change for the licences. The licence holders additionally made false entries of their books of accounts to maintain the data of such bribes straight.