"Will Set Wrong Precedent": No Supreme Court Relief For Manish Sisodia
NDTV
Manish Sisodia's lawyer Abhishek Singhvi said his arrest was illegal as his name was not in the CBI chargesheet and the CBI's allegation that he was not cooperating in the investigation was a weak excuse
The Supreme Court today told Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to go to the high court if he wants to challenge his arrest by the CBI in the Delhi liquor policy case.
Mr Sisodia's lawyer Abhishek Singhvi said his arrest was illegal as his name was not in the CBI chargesheet and the CBI's allegation that he was not cooperating in the investigation was a weak excuse.
To this, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said, "Go to the high court. Our doors are open, but we are not ready to hear it at this stage."
"This will be a very bad precedent. You can't do this just because you're in Delhi," Justice PS Narasimha said, referring to Mr Sisodia's request to rule his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as "illegal".
