SC defers order on bail for Kejriwal, bars him from performing CM duties if plea is accepted
The Aam Aadmi Party leader’s judicial custody in the liquor policy case was extended till May 20 by a Delhi court on Tuesday.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred its order on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea seeking interim bail in the liquor policy case, reported The Hindu.
This came after a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta barred the Aam Aadmi Party leader from carrying out any official duties as chief minister if he is granted bail.
The Aam Aadmi Party chief was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 for his alleged role in the liquor policy case. He is currently lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail.
At the last hearing on May 3, the court had verbally remarked that it may consider granting him interim bail on account of the Lok Sabha elections.
At Tuesday’s hearing, the bench said that Kejriwal performing his chief ministerial duties while out on bail may have “cascading effects”, reported The Hindu.
“It is the election season,” the court said, reported The Indian Express. “He is elected chief minister of Delhi. The elections are around the corner. These are extraordinary situations. It’s not normal. He is not otherwise a habitual [offender] or somebody who has been involved in any other case.”
The Enforcement Directorate, however, opposed Kejriwal’s bail plea, saying that such a move would send a wrong message to the common man and urged the court not to make any exceptions for politicians accused of...
