Today is a very important day for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is lodged in Tihar Jail in the Delhi Liquor Scam case. Today on Tuesday, the Supreme Court will consider whether Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal should be granted interim bail in view of the Lok Sabha elections or not. The Supreme Court will today hear a petition challenging the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case related to the excise policy. In the last hearing, the Supreme Court had asked the ED to be prepared for this.
In fact, whether Arvind Kejriwal, who has been lodged in Tihar Jail for more than 40 days, will be able to campaign in the remaining phases of the Lok Sabha elections or not, it will all depend on the outcome of the Supreme Court proceedings. In the Supreme Court, the bench of Justice Sanjeev Khanna and Justice Dipankar Dutta will hear the petition of Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal as the first case. Arvind Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 and is currently lodged in Tihar Jail.
During the hearing of the case on May 3, the Supreme Court had said that it can consider granting interim bail to Arvind Kejriwal in view of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Dutta told Additional Solicitor General S.V., appearing for the ED. Raju had said that the hearing on the petition against the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal may take time and hence the court will allow the investigating agency to grant him interim bail. Consideration of hearing the parties. Voting for the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi is to be held on May 25.
The Supreme Court had asked the ED that if the Aam Aadmi Party is the main culprit in this case, can they continue the proceedings against Kejriwal till the legal proceedings are initiated against the party? On the petition of CM Kejriwal, the court said that if the hearing takes more time then we can consider granting interim bail to Kejriwal because Lok Sabha elections are near in Delhi.
