Arvind Kejriwal reached Supreme Court with bail plea, High Court had stayed the bail plea
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is in jail in the Delhi liquor policy case, has filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Sunday (23 June). Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has knocked the door of the Supreme Court regarding the stay on his bail by the Delhi High Court. Kejriwal’s lawyers have appealed for a hearing tomorrow i.e. on Monday (23 June) morning.
Earlier, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal was granted bail by the Rouse Avenue Court on June 20 on a bond of Rs 1 lakh. The court also imposed some conditions on Kejriwal before granting him bail. The judge had directed Kejriwal not to obstruct the investigation or try to influence witnesses.
After this, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had filed a petition in the Delhi High Court on June 21 challenging the bail granted to CM Arvind Kejriwal, after which the High Court had put an interim stay on the lower court’s order granting bail to Kejriwal.
Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain’s vacation bench had said that Kejriwal’s bail will remain stayed till the High Court pronounces its order. The court said that it is reserving the order for 2-3 days as it wants to see the record of the entire case. While requesting the High Court to stay the lower court’s order, SV Raju, who appeared on behalf of the ED, argued that the ED was not given enough opportunity to present its case.
Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, had told the High Court that the allegations levelled by the ED lawyer were clearly false. He argued that interim stay on bail orders is imposed in cases related to terrorists etc., who are dangerous or who are likely to flee after getting bail.
