Supreme Court Adjourns Arvind Kejriwal's Bail Plea Till September 5
SC bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan posted the matter on September 5 for hearing.
Supreme Court on Arvind Kejriwal Latest News: In a major development, the Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the hearing of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's pleas challenging his arrest and seeking bail in the case registered by the CBI over the alleged Delhi Liquor Policy scam.
According to information, the CBI sought time to file a counter affidavit in the matter after which the bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan posted the matter on September 5 for hearing.
Additional Solicitor General SV Raju sought time to file a counter-affidavit in one of the petitions as he submitted that CBI's counter-affidavit had been filed in the other petition.
To this, Senior Advocate Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi submitted that the counter-affidavit was filed yesterday night at 8 PM with a deliberate design that the same won't reach the bench.
Granting time to the CBI for filing a counter-affidavit and to the petitioner to file a rejoinder, if any, to it, the bench adjourned the matter to September 5.
Kejriwal's latest petition before the Supreme Court was filed through Advocate-on-Record Vivek Jain. It challenged the Delhi High Court's order of August 5, whereby his plea against CBI arrest was dismissed by a Single Judge bench with liberty to approach the trial Court for bail.
It may be recalled that the AAP chief was formally arrested by CBI on June 26, 2024, while he was in custody of the Enforcement Directorate in the money laundering case arising out of the alleged liquor policy scam.
On July 12, the Supreme Court granted Kejriwal interim bail in the money laundering case. However, he continued to remain in custody due to his arrest by the CBI.
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