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Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, has decided to withdraw his plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in relation to the excise policy case. This decision was communicated to a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta by senior advocate A M Singhvi. Singhvi stated that he was withdrawing the plea because the remand proceedings were scheduled to take place in the trial court on the same day, and he intended to argue during those proceedings instead. The bench accepted Singhvi's request to withdraw the plea.

Earlier in the day, Singhvi brought this matter to the attention of Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud in court number 1. The CJI instructed him to approach court number 2, presided over by Justice Khanna, where a special bench of Justices Khanna, M M Sundresh, and Bela M Trivedi was hearing K Kavitha's petition challenging her arrest in the Delhi excise policy case.

Justices Khanna and Dipankar Datta began the proceedings. In response to Singhvi's inquiry, Justice Khanna inquired whether it was a writ petition or an appeal. Upon being informed that it was a writ petition, Justice Khanna informed Singhvi that it would need to be heard by a three-judge panel. He reassured the senior counsel that the three-judge special panel would reconvene promptly after the cases listed before the current panel were completed. Some time later, Singhvi informed the court of the decision to withdraw the petition.