Arvind Kejriwal, BRS leader K Kavitha’s judicial custody extended till May 7 in liquor policy case
The Delhi court directed Tihar jail authorities to ensure that both political leaders are presented before it through video conference that day.
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A Delhi court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha till May 7 in connection with the liquor policy case, Live Law reported.
Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 in connection with the case. He was sent to Delhi’s Tihar jail on April 1. Kavitha, who is the daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was arrested by the central law enforcement agency on March 15. She was then taken into custody by the Central Bureau of Investigation on April 11.
On Tuesday, Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Courts directed the Tihar jail authorities to ensure that Kejriwal and Kavitha are presented before the court through video conference on May 07.
A day earlier, the trial court had said that it would pronounce its order regarding Kavitha’s bail application in connection with her arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation on May 2.
Meanwhile, Kejriwal had on April 10 moved the Supreme Court after the Delhi High Court rejected his petition against his arrest in the case. The High Court, while rejecting the petition, had said that the material collected by the Enforcement Directorate showed that the Aam Aadmi Party leader was actively involved in the...
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