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

The Supreme Court dismissed former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren's plea seeking direction to the high court to deliver a judgment on his challenge of arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case. The division bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta noted that the high court had already given its verdict, which Soren has challenged in the Supreme Court. His appeal is scheduled for hearing on May 13. Soren had also sought interim bail to campaign in the Lok Sabha elections.