Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who is representing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the liquor policy case, said the bail given to Kejriwal by the Supreme Court was a "well-deserved release". Singhvi, who is a Rajya Sabha MP, told NDTV that no new condition has been imposed on Kejriwal and he can sign all files, except those related to the liquor policy case under which he was arrested.
"It is a canard to say he can't act as chief minister. The conditions which you have mentioned have been there for several months in the ED matter, not a single new condition has been put. He is entitled to deal with, and sign, all files, except those related to this case," the Congress leader said.
Amid heavy rains in the national capital on Friday, Chief Minister Kejriwal walked out of Tihar Jail after six months after he was granted bail in the corruption case lodged by the CBI in the excise policy case. He was accompanied by his wife Sunita Kejriwal, and senior AAP leaders, including Manish Sisodia, Atishi, Sanjay Singh and Bhagwant Mann.
Singhvi said "unfairly and wrongly", the Delhi lieutenant governor's office had stopped dealing with matters unless signed by him. "That part is available to him to sign with the specific clause by the Supreme Court that any file requiring the chief minister's signature to go to the lieutenant governor shall also be signed by him," he said.
Kejriwal Is The Delhi CM, No Power Can Change That Status: Singhvi
Singhvi added that Kejriwal is the Delhi chief minister and no power, except the elected government or President's rule, can change that status." It does not technically go to a larger bench for an interesting reason - both judges have agreed on the result, which is release. So, on a question of law, they could or could not have referred it (the matter to a larger bench) and they haven't. We'll see what happens after that," he said.
Singhvi has repeatedly called the arrest by the CBI an "insurance arrest".