Delhi HC stays trial court's order granting bail to Arvind Kejriwal, says ‘observations totally unjustified’
Hindustan TimesDelhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal will continue to stay in jail after the Delhi high court allowed the Enforcement Directorate’s plea challenging a trial court’s order that had granted him bail in a money laundering case linked to a now-scrapped excise policy. The high court criticised the trial court's observation that the voluminous material presented by the ED could not be considered, deeming this reasoning "totally unjustified." Read: Arvind Kejriwal bail: Supreme Court calls Delhi high court's interim stay 'unusual' The high court also noted that the twin conditions of Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act were not sufficiently deliberated upon by the vacation judge. Read: ED not acting without bias: Delhi CM’s bail order by trial court The financial crime-fighting agency arrested Kejriwal on March 21 in a money laundering case.