Jharkhand High Court on Friday dismissed chief minister Hemant Soren’s petition challenging the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoning him over alleged money laundering charges in the Ranchi land scam case.

A division bench of Chief Justice Sanjaya Mishra and Justice Anand Sen rejected the petition on the grounds that it was not maintainable for two reasons.

“Firstly, because the plea seeking to set aside the ED summons had become infructuous as the life of the challenged summon has expired and there are no fresh summons pending. Secondly, on the issue of challenging sections 50 and 63 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the court observed that the Supreme Court has already decided on the issue (in a separate case of Vijay Madan Lal Chaudhary),” said a senior counsel in the Jharkhand Advocate General’s team who was part of the proceedings.

Soren has skipped five summons issued by the ED for questioning, the last one required him to appear before the agency on October 4.