SC refuses to grant bail extension to Arvind Kejriwal, AAP chief to surrender before jail authorities on June 2
Op IndiaOn Tuesday, May 28, the Supreme Court turned down the out-on-bail AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal’s plea for the extension of his interim bail in a money-laundering case linked to the Delhi liquor policy set to expire on June 1. #BreakingNews | Big Setback to Arvind Kejriwal as Supreme Court Turns Down His Bail Extension Plea@anany_b Avantika Singh pic.twitter.com/2ehQeUpv3T — News18 May 29, 2024 Notably, the Aam Aadmi Party chief had got interim bail from Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta on May 10 to allow him to campaign for the Lok Sabha polls and was asked to surrender to Tihar jail on June 2, a day after the last phase of the seven-phase poll concludes. Senior Advocate Abhishek Singhvi, representing the chief minister sought an extension to Kejriwal’s interim bail claiming he had to undertake various medical tests, including a PET-CT scan, due to his “sudden and unexplained weight loss along with elevated ketone levels,” which could be issues with kidney, severe cardiac condition or even cancer. The apex court, however, while denying an urgent hearing, questioned Senior Advocate Abhishek Singhvi, as to why the Delhi CM’s plea for urgent listing was not mentioned when Justice Dipankar Datta, one of the judges of the main bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna which had granted the interim bail to the chief minister, was sitting on the vacation bench.