Excise policy scam: Supreme Court to hear today Arvind Kejriwal’s pleas against arrest by CBI
The Hindu
Supreme Court to hear Arvind Kejriwal's plea against Delhi High Court order on corruption case on August 14.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Wednesday (August 14, 2024) Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea against the Delhi High Court order upholding his arrest by the CBI in a corruption case stemming from the alleged excise policy scam.
The top court will also hear a separate plea of Kejriwal seeking bail in the case.
Also read: Arvind Kejriwal was the ‘kingpin’ of excise policy case, ED says in chargesheet
A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan will hear both the pleas of the Aam Aadmi Party convenor.
On August 12, the top court agreed to take up Kejriwal's plea after senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for him, sought an urgent listing.
The Delhi High Court had on August 5 upheld the arrest of the Chief Minister as legal, and said there was no malice in the acts of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which demonstrated how the AAP supremo could influence witnesses who could muster the courage to depose only after his arrest.
The High Court had asked him to move the trial court for regular bail in the CBI case.
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