New Delhi : The Delhi High Court reserved on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s pleas challenging his arrest by the CBI in the excise policy case interim bail. Kejriwal’s elderly counsel not only assailed his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation( CBI) but also sought his release on bail in the case.
Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, who conducted the proceedings on a vacation on account of Muharram, heard the arguments advanced by the attorneys of Kejriwal and the CBI and reserved its order on the desires. The high court has listed his regular bail plea for farther arguments on July 29.
During the hail, elderly advocate Abhishek Singhvi, representing the Aam Aadmi Party( AAP) public convenor, nominated his arrest by the CBI an “ insurance arrest ” to stop him from walking out of jail. “ It's unfortunately an insurance arrest. I've effectively three release orders in my favour( in the ED case) under veritably strict vittles These orders show that the man is entitled to be released.
He'd have been released but for this insurance arrest, ” he contended. the CBI, advocate D P Singh opposed the two pleas of Kejriwal . Kejriwal was arrested by the CBI on June 26 from Tihar Jail, where he's still lodged in judicial guardianship in a connected plutocrat laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate( ED).
The chief minister, who was arrested by the ED on March 21, was granted bail by the trial court in the plutocrat laundering case on June 20. still, the trial court’s order was stayed by the high court. On July 12, the Supreme Court granted interim bail to Kejriwal in the plutocrat laundering case.
The excise policy was scrapped in 2022 after the Delhi assistant governor ordered a CBI inquiry into contended irregularities and corruption involving the expression and prosecution of the policy. According to the CBI and the ED, irregularities were committed while modifying the excise policy and overdue favours extended to licence holders.