ED Moves Delhi HC Against Arvind Kejriwal's Bail : Live Updates From Hearing

Nupur Thapliyal

21 Jun 2024 5:23 AM GMT

  • ED Moves Delhi HC Against Arvind Kejriwals Bail : Live Updates From Hearing

    The Enforcement Directorate has approached the Delhi High Court against the trial court's order granting bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal yesterday in the Delhi liquor policy case.A bench comprising Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain and Justice Ravinder Dudeja has agreed to hear the ED's challenge today itself after an urgent mentioning was made by Additional Solicitor General SV Raju. ASG...

    The Enforcement Directorate has approached the Delhi High Court against the trial court's order granting bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal yesterday in the Delhi liquor policy case.

    A bench comprising Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain and Justice Ravinder Dudeja has agreed to hear the ED's challenge today itself after an urgent mentioning was made by Additional Solicitor General SV Raju. 

    ASG SV Raju appeared for ED and mentioned the matter before the court. He prayed that the bail order be stayed.

    “There is a matter where I'm moving for urgent stay. The order has not yet been uploaded. Conditions not known. We have not been given full opportunity to oppose the bail application,” he said.

    ASG further said that while the law says that the public prosecutor must be given full opportunity to argue, but he was not given such an opportunity and his arguments were curtailed.

    Senior Advocates Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Vikram Chaudhari appeared for Kejriwal. Chaudhari said that ED should "gracefully accept" the order.

    “Let the file come… I have not passed the final order. The file will come to me in 10-15 minutes. Then you can make detailed arguments,” the bench said while allowing the listing for today.

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    Live Updates

    • 21 Jun 2024 7:31 AM GMT

      Chaudhari: The SC on 10 May passed an order. Despite their objections. And granted me bail for a short period. That para is quoted by the learned judge.

      ASG objects.

      Chaudhari: What is the anxiety to get it listed in vacations?

      Chaudhari continues making submissions. 

    • 21 Jun 2024 7:29 AM GMT

      Chaudhari: I have one preliminary objection. There are certain remarks made in the application as well as orally. This is a bail cancellation application. The law is settled. I am not on that. The issue is to what extent your lordships can entertained.

    • 21 Jun 2024 7:28 AM GMT

      ASG SV Raju appearing for ED.

      Kejriwal is represented by Senior Advocates Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Vikram Chaudhari. 

    • 21 Jun 2024 7:27 AM GMT

      Matter taken up.

      Chaudhari (for Kejriwal) : The order has already come. It was not available in the morning when they mentioned. Mr. Singhvi is just joining. 

    • 21 Jun 2024 7:11 AM GMT

      Meanwhile, the order passed by the trial court granting bail to Kejriwal has been uploaded. The order contains scathing observations against the ED. The court has gone to the extent of stating that the ED was acting with bias against Kejriwal and that no direct evidence regarding the "proceeds of crime" has been produced yet. Detailed report on the bail order can be read here.

    • 21 Jun 2024 6:46 AM GMT

      Update: ED’s challenge against bail granted to CM Arvind Kejriwal listed before Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain.

      It is listed on item 41.




       


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