The Supreme Court is hearing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s requests for bail and appealing his detention in the CBI case involving the capital’s now-defunct liquor ordinance. According to the court’s cause list, the issue will be heard by a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan.
The top court had granted temporary release to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) case against him, but he remains in jail in the CBI investigation. This implies that if the Supreme Court grants him the respite, the Delhi Chief Minister would be released from prison after more than five months.
The CBI arrested Mr Kejriwal on June 26. The Delhi High Court on August 5 upheld his arrest as legal and said the CBI was able to establish that the AAP leader could influence witnesses.
Appearing for Mr Kejriwal, Senior Advocate Abhishek Singhvi said this is an unprecedented matter. The Delhi Chief Minister, he said, has got relief twice under the stringent Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The CBI, he said, had done as “insurance arrest”.
The CBI, he said, had arrested Mr Kejriwal after two years. “Three court orders are in my favour. This is an insurance arrest, so that he can be kept in jail,” Mr Singhvi said.
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