SC to pass order on interim bail to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on May 10

The Supreme Court will deliver its order on granting interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam on May 10Justice Sanjiv Khanna who headed the bench which heard Kejriwals petition against his arrest in the case said We will pronounce the interim order on interim bail on Friday The main matter related to the challenge to arrest will also be taken on the same dayJustice Khanna who was sitting in a different combination with Justices MM Sundresh and Bela M Trivedi made the remark after Additional Solicitor General SV Raju who was appearing for the Centre in a matter related to Goods and Services Tax sought clarification on the listing of Kejriwals pleaThe Aam Aadmi Party AAP leader was arrested on March 21 and is currently lodged in Tihar Jail under judicial custodyOn May 7 the bench also comprising Justice Dipankar Datta had reserved its verdict on interim bail to KejriwalThe twojudge bench had risen without pronouncing order on granting Kejriwal interim bail to enable him to campaign in the Lok Sabha electionsThe bench had reserved its decision after hearing the arguments put forth by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi and Additional Solicitor General S V Raju who appeared for Kejriwal and the Enforcement Directorate respectivelySolicitor General Tushar Mehta who also appeared for the probe agency had staunchly opposed showing any leniency to Kejriwal on account of the Lok Sabha polls and said granting interim bail to the AAP national convenor would amount to creating a separate class for politiciansThe bench has divided the hearing on Kejriwals petition against his arrest into two partsHis main petition challenges his arrest by the ED and seeks it to be declared as illegal while the second aspect pertains to grant of interim bail keeping in mind the ongoing Lok Sabha polls The court reserved the order on the issue of grant of interim bailOn Tuesday a Delhi court has extended Kejriwals judicial custody in the money laundering case till May 20The Delhi High Court had on April 9 upheld Kejriwals arrest saying there was no illegality and the ED was left with little option after he skipped repeated summonses and refused to join the investigationThe matter relates to alleged corruption and money laundering in the formulation and execution of the Delhi governments nowscrapped excise policy for 202122This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever