Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
The Supreme Court will give its verdict on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today. Kejriwal has challenged ED’s arrest in the Delhi Liquor Policy case. A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Sanjeev Khanna will give its verdict on Arvind Kejriwal’s petition. The Supreme Court heard the case on May 17 and reserved the decision.
Along with this, it was said that Kejriwal can go to the trial court for bail. Kejriwal had petitioned the Delhi High Court regarding his arrest and subsequent remand to ED custody. On April 9, the Delhi High Court upheld Kejriwal’s arrest. Kejriwal reached the Supreme Court against this decision.
After this, on April 15, the Supreme Court sought a response from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Kejriwal’s application. The High Court upheld Kejriwal’s arrest and said there was nothing illegal in it as Kejriwal did not turn up at the ED office for questioning even after several summonses were issued. After this the ED was left with no option but to arrest him.
Meanwhile, three days ago, the ED presented the seventh supplementary chargesheet in Delhi’s Roose Avenue court, naming CM Arvind Kejriwal as the main accused in the case. The ED said in the chargesheet that Kejriwal spent the money on the Aam Aadmi Party’s campaign for the 2022 Goa elections.
