Supreme Court to hear Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging interim stay by Delhi HC on bail
The High Court on Friday issued an interim stay on a trial court’s order that had granted bail to Kejriwal a day earlier in liquor policy case.
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The Supreme Court on Monday will hear Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court’s decision to impose an interim stay on his bail in the liquor policy case, Bar and Bench reported.
Lawyers of the Delhi chief minister sought an urgent hearing of the matter. A vacation bench of Justices Manoj Misra and SVN Bhatti will hear the plea.
Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain of the High Court on Friday issued an interim stay on a trial court’s order that had granted bail to Kejriwal a day earlier. The High Court said that it is reserving the matter for a detailed order that will be pronounced in two to three days. The trial court’s bail order will be stayed in the meantime.
Vacation Judge Nyay Bindu of the Rouse Avenue Courts granted bail to Kejriwal on Thursday, however, the High Court halted the bail order as it allowed an urgent hearing of a petition by the Enforcement Directorate.
While granting the bail, the trial court said in its order that the Enforcement Directorate had acted with bias against Kejriwal. The central law enforcement agency then moved the High Court on Friday to challenge the bail.
After the order was pronounced by the Delhi court, the Enforcement Directorate had requested the court to give it 48 hours to sign the...
