Supreme Court Reserves Judgement On Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s Bail Plea; Key Updates
Delhi CM Kejriwal had filed two separate petitions challenging the denial of bail and against his arrest by the CBI in the the corruption case filed by the central agency.
New Delhi: In a serious decision on Thursday, the Supreme Court has reserved judgement order on Delhi CM Arvind Krjriwal’s bail. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan heard arguments put forward by Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, representing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Kejriwal.
“Thank you for the help. Judgment reserved,” the bench said after the lawyers concluded their arguments.
Kejriwal has filed two separate petitions not easy the denial of bail and against his arrest by the CBI within the the corruption case filed by the central agency. The AAP chief was once arrested by the CBI on June 26.
The Delhi High Court had on August 5 upheld the arrest of the executive minister as legal, and said there was once no malice within the acts done by the CBI which was once in a position to illustrate how the AAP supremo may per chance influence witnesses who may per chance muster the courage to depose handiest after his arrest.
The excise policy was once scrapped in 2022 after the Delhi lieutenant governor ordered a CBI probe into alleged irregularities and corruption involving its formulation and execution. According to the CBI and the ED, irregularities were committed while modifying the excise policy and undue favours extended to licence holders.
AAP Benefitted From Illicit Funds: CBI
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has alleged that the Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration benefited from the illicit funds generated at some point of the criminal conspiracy within the Excise Policy case. The CBI claims that as the National Convenor and Overall In-Charge of AAP, Arvind Kejriwal is answerable for this.
The CBI in its supplementary charge sheet, stated that the investigation has revealed that Arvind Kejriwal was once involved within the criminal conspiracy related to the formulation and implementation of Delhi’s Excise Policy from the outset.
It truly is miles alleged that he had a pre-conceived plan to privatizethe Excise Policy and sought monetary support for the Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration (AAP) in March 2021, within the course of the policy’s formulation by the Group of Ministers (GoM) led by co-accused Manish Sisodia. Additionally, Kejriwal’s close associate, Vijay Nair, who is to blame of Media and Verbal exchange for AAP, allegedly approached kind of tons of stakeholders within the Delhi Excise Business, demanding illegal gratification in exchange for favourable adjustments to the Excise Policy.
(With inputs from agencies)
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