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Informist, Wednesday, Aug 14, 2024

 

--SC refuses interim bail to Kejriwal in liquor policy case for now

--SC notice to CBI on Kejriwal plea for bail, opposing arrest in case 
--SC to hear Kejriwal plea in liquor policy case next on Aug 23 
 

NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court today refused to give any interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the liquor policy case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation. The court issued a notice to the investigating agency on Kejriwal's plea to seek bail in the case and challenge the arrest by the probe body and listed the case for hearing on Aug 23.

 

On Aug 5, the Delhi High Court had rejected Kejriwal's petition against arrest and for bail in the case. It had given him the liberty to move to the trial court to seek bail. "It cannot be said that the arrest (by CBI) was without any justiciable reason or is illegal. So far as the bail application is concerned, it has been disposed of with liberty to approach trial court," the high court said.

 

Both the Enforcement Directorate and the CBI are investigating the now-scrapped liquor policy. While the Enforcement Directorate is investigating the money laundering aspect of the case, the CBI is looking at irregularities. On Jul 12, the Supreme Court granted the Delhi chief minister interim bail in the Enforcement Directorate's probe in the same case and referred legal questions arising out of his petition challenging his arrest by the agency to a larger bench of the court. 

 

The Delhi government had announced an excise policy in November 2021, allowing private companies to distribute liquor in the national capital. Later, the policy was withdrawn after allegations of cartelisation and monopoly. Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Mar 21 in connection with a money-laundering case stemming from the liquor policy case. On Jun 26, the CBI arrested Kejriwal after the Rouse Avenue court permitted it to interrogate him in the case.  End

 

Reported by Surya Tripathi

Edited by Manisha Baxla

 

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