By Fnf correspondent | PUBLISHED: 08, May 2024, 19:04 pm IST | UPDATED: 08, May 2024, 19:04 pm IST
However, the ED opposed the bail claim and the top court's observation. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for the ED said that an interim bail will set a wrong example. "What example are we setting? Are other people less important than the Chief Minister?" he argued. Mehta further said that there can't be any deviation only because Kejriwal is the Chief Minister and asked if the Supreme Court is carving out exceptions for politicians?
"How can a Chief Minister be treated differently than an 'Aam Aadmi.' There can't be any deviation only because he is a Chief Minister," Mehta argued.
The ED arrested Arvind Kejriwal on March 21 in connection with a money laundering probe relating to alleged irregularities in the now scrapped Delhi excise policy. Kejriwal had skipped nine summons by the ED in connection with the case and had even approached the Delhi High Court seeking no coerceive action against him.
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