The Supreme Court will on May 10 pass its order on granting interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam.
Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who headed the court hearing Kejriwal’s plea against his arrest in the case, said, “We will pronounce the interim order (on interim bail) on Friday. The main matter related to challenging the arrest will also be taken up.” The same day.”
Justice Khanna, who was sitting in a different combination with Justices MM Sundresh and Bela M Trivedi, made the remark after Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the Center in a matter related to property tax and services, will request clarification on the list. from Kejriwal’s statement.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader was arrested on March 21 and is currently lodged in Tihar jail under judicial custody.
On May 7, the bench, also comprising Justice Dipankar Datta, had reserved its verdict on interim bail to Kejriwal.
The two judges had risen without passing orders to grant Kejriwal interim bail to allow him to campaign in the Lok Sabha elections.
The court had reserved its decision after hearing arguments presented by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi and additional solicitor general SV Raju, who appeared for Kejriwal and the Enforcement Directorate respectively.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who also appeared for the probe agency, had strongly opposed showing leniency towards Kejriwal over the Lok Sabha polls and said granting interim bail to the AAP national coordinator would amount to creating a class separate for politicians.
The court has divided the hearing on Kejriwal’s petition against his arrest into two parts.
His main petition challenges his arrest by the Justice Department and seeks to have it declared illegal, while the second aspect concerns the grant of interim bail in view of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The court reserved its order on the issue of grant of interim bail.
On Tuesday, a Delhi court extended Kejriwal’s judicial custody in the money laundering case till May 20.
On April 9, the Delhi High Court upheld Kejriwal’s arrest, saying there was no illegality and the ED had “little options” after he skipped repeated summons and refused to join the probe.
The matter relates to alleged corruption and money laundering in the formulation and execution of the Delhi government’s now scrapped excise policy for 2021-22.
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