Kejriwal's judicial custody extended till July 25 in CBI's corruption case

A Delhi court on Friday extended the judicial custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till July 25 in the corruption case linked to the alleged excise policy scam being probed by the CBI reported PTIKejriwal was produced in court through video conferencing before Special Judge Kaveri Baweja who sent him to a 13 day custodyHe appeared in connection with the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI and Enforcement Directorate ED cases on the expiry of his judicial custodyEarlier in the day he was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in the money laundering case linked to the alleged scamIn May the ED had filed its seventh supplementary charge sheet in the case naming Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party AAP as accused no37 and no38 respectivelyAs per the PTI report the court had issued a production warrant for Kejriwal and AAP on Tuesday after taking cognisance of the supplementary charge sheetAAP national secretary Pankaj Gupta represented the party before the courtDelhi excise policy scam Supreme Court grants Arvind Kejriwal interim bailThe Supreme Court on Friday granted Arvind Kejriwal interim bail in the money laundering case stemming from Delhi excise policy scam case The Delhi Chief Minister according to the PTI report will continue to be in jail because the CBI has also arrested himThe CBI per the report has arrested him in a corruption case related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scamReportedly a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta referred the questions cast over the legality of the Aam Aadmi Partys national convener arrest in the Delhi excise policy scam by the Enforcement Directorate ED case to a larger benchAccording to the report the top court had framed three questions related to power and policy of arrest by ED in the Delhi excise policy scam case and said Kejriwal would be released on interim bail in terms of the conditions in the order of May 10Kejriwal was arrested by ED in the runup to Lok Sabha Elections 2024 on March 21 in connection with a money laundering case stemming from Delhi excise policy scam The AAP leader who had secured bail to campaign during polls was arrested by CBI on June 26 in connection with a corruption case related to the alleged scamThe matter pertains to the alleged corruption and money laundering in the formulation and execution of the Delhi governments excise policy for 202122 which was later scrappedOther highprofile arrests made in the Delhi excise policy scam case include former deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia and BRS leader and former Telangana CMs daughter K Kavitha