Arvind Kejriwal bail plea Highlights: No immediate relief for Kejriwal, Supreme Court to hear Delhi CM’s plea against HC’s stay on bail on June 26
The HinduThe Supreme Court on Monday deferred hearing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court’s suspension of bail granted to him by a trial court in the Delhi excise policy case. Appearing for the Delhi CM, senior advocate A.M. Singhvi argued that it was “unprecedented” for any Court to stay a bail order on the first day of the hearing itself. The Aam Aadmi Party national convener, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21, could have walked out of Tihar jail on June 21 had the High Court not granted the interim stay relief to the federal anti-money laundering agency. In its bail order, the trial Court had held that prima facie, Mr. Kejriwal’s guilt was yet to be established and that the ED had failed to furnish direct evidence linking him to the proceeds of crime in the money laundering case.