New Delhi [India], Delhi's Rouse Avenue court on Saturday reserved its order on the interim bail plea filed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal citing medical reasons in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam.
The court fixed June 5 for pronouncing the order on the petition seeking 7-day bail, while refusing to pass the order today itself on the request of Kejriwal's lawyer.
Senior advocate N Hariharan, appearing for Kejriwal, said the interim bail was to campaign for his party (Aam Aadmi Party), which is a national party. "I am out for 20 days and if I don't If it had happened, you would have said, look, he did not campaign and fell ill. There was a lot of stress due to election campaign and you know that stress increases diabetes.The worrying thing was that keto levels in the urine had increased, the worrying aspect is the high sugar levels and keto numbers,” Kejriwal's lawyer said in the petition.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), said Arvind Kejriwal concealed facts, including his health conditions. During the initial arguments, ED lawyers said that they also have objection to filing interim bail. "This court cannot modify the Supreme Court order. He is on interim bail because the SC has granted bail, what he is asking for here is extension of the Supreme Court order," ED lawyers said.
“This interim bail plea needs to be dismissed as it is full of concealment of facts.The Supreme Court had given him the liberty to file regular bail but he was not given the liberty to seek extension of interim bail. The ED has said that these tests require 7 days, but the nature of the test has been suppressed," he further said. The ED also raised maintainability issues on the interim bail plea and said that instead of conducting medical tests, it Were travelling. Medical examination will take more than an hour.
The ED further said that the applicant's weight had actually increased by 1 kg and he had falsely claimed that his weight had decreased by 7 kg.The Registrar of the Supreme Court has passed a clear order and the same has been suppressed. The ED said, there is a reason for the suppression and that is because he was traveling for the purpose of election campaign, but he had not got tested then.
Recently, Kejriwal, through his legal team, filed two separate bail petitions before the concerned court. His regular bail plea is listed for hearing on June 7, 2024. Earlier, ASG SV Raju, appearing for the ED, said that he was campaigning in Punjab when the vigorous campaigning took place and his health became a threat to him. Did not become an obstacle.Bail is being filed at the last moment. His conduct does not entitle him to any bail.
Kejriwal had earlier moved the Supreme Court to extend the period of interim bail. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court rejected his petition saying that since he has been given the liberty to approach the trial court for regular bail, the petition is not maintainable here.
Kejriwal was granted interim bail by Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Dutta on May 10 and was asked to surrender in Tihar jail on June 2.The bench had on May 17 reserved its verdict on the ED challenging the legality of his arrest. Case. However, the court ordered that he not visit the Chief Minister's Office and Delhi Secretariat. Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21. The Supreme Court further clarified that since the order on the arrest challenge has already been reserved, Kejriwal's plea for extension of interim bail has no connection with the main petition.
On May 28, the Rouse Avenue Court had reserved the order on the cognizance point on the ED's supplementary chargesheet (prosecution complaint) filed against Kejriwal in the case.
After hearing the arguments of the ED, the court fixed June 4, 2024 for pronouncing the order on the cognizance point.On May 17, 2024, Enforcement Directorate officials filed the charge sheet with Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Naveen Kumar Matta in Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court.
The top court was hearing Kejriwal's appeal against the Delhi High Court verdict, which had rejected his plea against his arrest by the ED and his subsequent remand in the excise policy case. Kejriwal had filed an appeal in the apex court, arguing that his arrest after the announcement of general elections was "motivated by extraneous considerations".
On April 9, the High Court rejected his plea for release from jail and his plea of political vendetta amid Lok Sabha election fears. The high court had said Kejriwal's absence from nine ED summons in six months undermines any claim of special privilege as chief minister, showing that his arrest was the inevitable consequence of his non-cooperation.
The court fixed June 5 for pronouncing the order on the petition seeking 7-day bail, while refusing to pass the order today itself on the request of Kejriwal's lawyer.
Senior advocate N Hariharan, appearing for Kejriwal, said the interim bail was to campaign for his party (Aam Aadmi Party), which is a national party. "I am out for 20 days and if I don't If it had happened, you would have said, look, he did not campaign and fell ill. There was a lot of stress due to election campaign and you know that stress increases diabetes.The worrying thing was that keto levels in the urine had increased, the worrying aspect is the high sugar levels and keto numbers,” Kejriwal's lawyer said in the petition.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), said Arvind Kejriwal concealed facts, including his health conditions. During the initial arguments, ED lawyers said that they also have objection to filing interim bail. "This court cannot modify the Supreme Court order. He is on interim bail because the SC has granted bail, what he is asking for here is extension of the Supreme Court order," ED lawyers said.
“This interim bail plea needs to be dismissed as it is full of concealment of facts.The Supreme Court had given him the liberty to file regular bail but he was not given the liberty to seek extension of interim bail. The ED has said that these tests require 7 days, but the nature of the test has been suppressed," he further said. The ED also raised maintainability issues on the interim bail plea and said that instead of conducting medical tests, it Were travelling. Medical examination will take more than an hour.
The ED further said that the applicant's weight had actually increased by 1 kg and he had falsely claimed that his weight had decreased by 7 kg.The Registrar of the Supreme Court has passed a clear order and the same has been suppressed. The ED said, there is a reason for the suppression and that is because he was traveling for the purpose of election campaign, but he had not got tested then.
Recently, Kejriwal, through his legal team, filed two separate bail petitions before the concerned court. His regular bail plea is listed for hearing on June 7, 2024. Earlier, ASG SV Raju, appearing for the ED, said that he was campaigning in Punjab when the vigorous campaigning took place and his health became a threat to him. Did not become an obstacle.Bail is being filed at the last moment. His conduct does not entitle him to any bail.
Kejriwal had earlier moved the Supreme Court to extend the period of interim bail. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court rejected his petition saying that since he has been given the liberty to approach the trial court for regular bail, the petition is not maintainable here.
Kejriwal was granted interim bail by Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Dutta on May 10 and was asked to surrender in Tihar jail on June 2.The bench had on May 17 reserved its verdict on the ED challenging the legality of his arrest. Case. However, the court ordered that he not visit the Chief Minister's Office and Delhi Secretariat. Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21. The Supreme Court further clarified that since the order on the arrest challenge has already been reserved, Kejriwal's plea for extension of interim bail has no connection with the main petition.
On May 28, the Rouse Avenue Court had reserved the order on the cognizance point on the ED's supplementary chargesheet (prosecution complaint) filed against Kejriwal in the case.
After hearing the arguments of the ED, the court fixed June 4, 2024 for pronouncing the order on the cognizance point.On May 17, 2024, Enforcement Directorate officials filed the charge sheet with Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Naveen Kumar Matta in Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court.
The top court was hearing Kejriwal's appeal against the Delhi High Court verdict, which had rejected his plea against his arrest by the ED and his subsequent remand in the excise policy case. Kejriwal had filed an appeal in the apex court, arguing that his arrest after the announcement of general elections was "motivated by extraneous considerations".
On April 9, the High Court rejected his plea for release from jail and his plea of political vendetta amid Lok Sabha election fears. The high court had said Kejriwal's absence from nine ED summons in six months undermines any claim of special privilege as chief minister, showing that his arrest was the inevitable consequence of his non-cooperation.
