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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been granted interim bail until June 1, coinciding with the final day of polling. However, he is required to surrender himself on June 2 as per the court’s decision.
Big Relief to CM Kejriwal from Supreme Court, Interim Bail. A judge named Sanjiv Khanna, who led the group deciding on Kejriwal’s request not to be arrested in this case, said before, “We will say what should happen for now on Friday. We’ll also talk about the main issue of challenging the arrest on the same day.”
Kejriwal was put in jail on March 21 this year. He’s now in Tihar Jail until further notice. On May 7, the group of judges, including Dipankar Datta, didn’t decide on giving Kejriwal temporary freedom so he could keep campaigning during the elections.
They waited to decide after hearing from Abhishek Singhvi, who spoke for Kejriwal, and S V Raju, who represented the ED.
What were they saying?
Tushar Mehta, who spoke for the investigating agency, strongly disagreed with letting Kejriwal out of jail, especially because of the elections. He thought it would be unfair to treat politicians differently.
Arvind Kejriwal gets interim bail. The judges split the hearing into two parts. One part was about whether Kejriwal’s arrest was right or not, and the other part was about letting him out of jail temporarily because of the elections. They didn’t decide about temporary freedom yet. On Tuesday, another court in Delhi said Kejriwal has to stay in jail until May 20.
On April 9, the Delhi High Court said it was okay to arrest Kejriwal because he didn’t cooperate with the investigation. The case is about possible corruption and illegal money dealings related to the Delhi government’s old excise policy.
