Supreme Court To Deliver Judgment On Arvind Kejriwal's Challenge To ED Arrest Tomorrow

The Supreme Court will pronounce verdict tomorrow on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's petition challenging arrest by the ED in the liquor policy case.

A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta had reserved the judgment on May 17.

Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21, after the Delhi High Court refused to grant him interim protection earlier in the day. He remained in custody thereafter, until he was granted the benefit of interim release by the Supreme Court on May 10 for the purposes of campaigning in the Lok Sabha elections. The interim bail expired on June 2.

He approached the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court's judgment delivered on April 9 upholding his arrest under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. It may be noted that on June 25, the CBI also arrested Kejriwal under the Prevention of Corruption Act in relation to the liquor policy case.

On June 20, trial court had granted Kejriwal bail in the ED case. However, the Delhi High Court stayed that bail order on June 25.