New Delhi. Today was a day of great relief for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is lodged in Tihar jail in the liquor policy scam. The Supreme Court has accepted Kejriwal’s petition and granted interim bail till June 1. Kejriwal will have to surrender on June 2. Arvind Kejriwal had sought bail from the Supreme Court for the election campaign.
Earlier, during the hearing on the interim bail plea of Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal on May 3, the Supreme Court bench of Justice Sanjeev Khanna and Justice Dipankar Dutta had made a big comment and said that bail can be granted in view of the elections. . After this, the court had fixed the date of hearing as May 7. After hearing the arguments of both the sides on May 7, the Supreme Court bench stood down without giving orders and fixed May 9 for the next hearing of the case. During the hearing of the case, the Supreme Court had sought answers to serious questions from the ED.
Justice Khanna asked, it was said that the total crime is worth Rs 100 crore, then how did it become Rs 1100 crore in two years? Justice Khanna also asked that you are saying that being the head of the government, Kejriwal is an accused, then how did it take you two years to reach this conclusion? The Supreme Court had also told Kejriwal’s lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi that if we grant bail to Kejriwal, will he also fulfill his official responsibilities? The Supreme Court said that we are considering your interim bail only in view of the elections. In this case, during the hearing held yesterday i.e. on May 9, the ED had opposed the bail plea and said that campaigning is neither a constitutional right nor a fundamental right, hence bail should not be granted on this basis.