Arvind Kejriwal To Challenge Delhi HC Stay On Bail, CBI Arrest In Supreme Court

The jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday sought permission from the Supreme Court to withdraw previous pending petition against the pause on his bail by the Delhi High Court

Arvind Kejriwal withdrew a previous petition in the Supreme Court that challenged the pause by Delhi High court on bail granted by Trial court

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The jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday sought permission from the Supreme Court to withdraw previous pending petition against the pause on his bail by the Delhi High Court, so that he can file fresh petition challenging the final Delhi High Court order and the fresh arrest by the CBI in the Delhi Liquor Policy case in the top court.

Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi appearing for Arvind Kejriwal withdrew a previous petition in the Supreme Court that challenged the pause by Delhi High court on bail granted by Trial court. He withdrew to file a fresh challenge to the final Delhi High Court order staying Kejriwal's bail and a fresh arrest of Kejriwal made by the CBI today.

Singhvi said that the Delhi High Court judgment staying Kejriwal's bail has all kinds of issues and in 2022 interrogation Kejriwal has been re-arrested yesterday. "I am seeking liberty to withdraw," Singh prayed in court.

The bench allowed the withdrawal noting that "the petition was filed against the order dated June 21, whereby while reserving order on the stay application an interim order was passed...On 26.06.2024, the final order was passed." 

The court recorderd that ASG SV Raju appearing for (Enforcement Directorate) ED has no objection to the same and permitted the plea to be withdrawn.

In another development, the CBI today produced the Delhi Chief Minister before the Rouse Avenue Courts in relation to the liquor policy case and formally arrested him today. Till now Kejriwal was in judicial custody. 

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday allowed the petition moved by the ED challenging the trial court order granting bail to jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi Liquor policy case. The high court today stayed the release of Kejriwal from jail until the matter is heard by a roster bench. The high court ruled that the documents and arguments were not appreciated properly by the trial court and thus stayed the bail granted to Kejriwal.

A bench of Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain of the high court pronounced the order today which it had reserved last week.

"Observation by the trial court that voluminous material cannot be considered is totally unjustified and it shows that the trial court has not applied its mind to the material," the high court said.

It further observed that the vacation court should have given adequate opportunity to ED to argue bail application.