Arvind Kejriwal To Stay In Jail As Supreme Court Awaits HC

By Fnf correspondent | PUBLISHED: 24, Jun 2024, 15:12 pm IST | UPDATED: 24, Jun 2024, 15:12 pm IST

New Delhi: The Supreme Court set June 26 to hear Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's appeal against the Delhi High Court's ruling imposing an interim stay on his release in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise scam. A vacation bench comprising Justices Manoj Misra and SVN Bhatti said it would like to wait for the high court's decision on the subject. Senior Advocate Abhishek Singhvi, representing Kejriwal, sought to have the interim stay on the bail ruling lifted. ASG SV Raju, representing the ED, rejected Kejriwal's motion, saying the high court is ready to rule on its stay application.

On June 21, the Delhi High Court issued an interim judgement staying the release of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo in response to the Enforcement Directorate's petition contesting the trial court's bail order.

The Delhi High Court stayed the release of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo on June 21 in an interim ruling based on the Enforcement Directorate's petition contesting the trial court's bail order. A vacation bench of Justices Sudhir Kumar Jain and Ravinder Dudeja of the High Court ordered that CM Kejriwal's discharge be stayed till the petition was heard in its entirety.

Later that day, the Delhi High Court reserved its decision in the petition, stating that it will issue it within two to three days. Following the order's announcement, the ED requested a 48-hour postponement in signing the bail bond from the trial court on Thursday. However, the trial court vehemently denied the ED's.