Delhi High Court orders interim stay on trial court’s bail for Arvind Kejriwal in liquor policy case

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued an interim stay on a trial court’s order granting bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the money-laundering case linked to the liquor policy case, Bar and Bench reported.

A single-judge bench of the High Court said that it is reserving the matter for a detailed order that will be pronounced in two to three days, according to Bar and Bench. The trial court’s bail order will remain stayed in the meantime.

Vacation Judge Nyay Bindu of the Rouse Avenue Courts granted bail to Kejriwal on Thursday. Earlier on Friday, however, the High Court halted the bail order as it allowed an urgent hearing of a petition by the Enforcement Directorate.

During the hearing, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing on behalf of the Enforcement Directorate, told the High Court that he was not given ample opportunity to oppose the bail plea in the trial court.

Raju also said that the trial court passed the judgement even though the bail order was not provided at the time, reported Live Law. “The order has not yet been uploaded,” he said. “Conditions not known.”

After the order was pronounced by the Delhi court on Thursday, the Enforcement Directorate had requested the court to give it 48 hours to sign the bail bond and challenge the bail before the appellate court. Judge Bindu, however, refused to...

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