Arvind Kejriwal to remain in jail as HC stays bail till decision on ED’s plea in excise policy case.

The Delhi High Court on June 21 paused the trial court order granting bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as it reserved its judgement on Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) plea challenging the bail order in the money laundering case linked to the alleged excise scam.

“Till pronouncement, the operation of the impugned order shall remain stayed,” the High Court said.

A Vacation Bench of Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain said it will pronounce order on ED’s plea for stay on Mr. Kejriwal’s bail within two-three days.

Delhi HC pauses bail order

The High Court on Friday said the trial court order shall not be given effect to till it hears the ED’s plea challenging the relief granted in the money laundering case.

The ED mentioned its plea for an urgent hearing before a Bench of Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain, which said the trial court order shall not be acted upon.

Allegations made by the ED counsel ‘incorrect’: Kejriwal’s lawyers

The plea was opposed by senior advocates Abhishek Singhvi and Vikram Chaudhari, representing Mr. Kejriwal, submitting that the allegations made by the ED counsel were patently incorrect and it was astonishing that they cannot accept anything with grace.

“The noise and heat is not going to solve this problem,” Mr. Singhvi said.

He said there are 10 judgements of the Supreme Court which say cancellation or reversal of bail is radically different from grant of bail.

Advocate Chaudhari said, “This person (Kejriwal) was released by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court granted him liberty. This would be a travesty of justice. We are on caveat here and we should be given opportunity to be heard. We would address arguments. An ex-parte order of such a nature…”

To this, Justice Jain said, “File is coming to me in 10-15 minutes after proper numbering, thereafter, you can start your arguments. You can argue for as much time as you want to argue”.

Delhi HC reserves order on ED plea against Kejriwal bail, stay to continue till final verdict

The Delhi High Court on Friday reserved its order on the plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for a stay on trial court order granting bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The court has stayed the bail of the AAP chief till the final order is pronounced. The order will be out by Monday or Tuesday. Meanwhile, the high court has asked the council to file the written submissions by Monday.

‘Bail was passed without granting adequate opportunity of hearing to the ED’, says ED

ED in its petition has said that the June 20 order granting regular bail to Kejriwal was passed without granting adequate opportunity of hearing to the ED and without considering that in light of the facts of the present case where all courts up to Supreme Court have given judicial imprimatur to the fact that the offence of money laundering has been committed and hence regular bail in light of the mandatory twin conditions under Section 45 of the PMLA could not have been granted.

‘Fight against corruption will continue,’ says BJP MP Manoj Tiwari

“The fight against corruption will continue. I have full faith in the court and the investigation agencies. AAP should learn to respect the court’s decision. Bail is not a relaxation,” said BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Delhi high court staying CM Arvind Kejriwal’s bail order.

“BJP should apologise…,” says Sanjay Singh on trial court order granting bail to Kejriwal

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh criticized the BJP-led government after the Directorate of Enforcement challenged the trial court’s decision to grant bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi High Court regarding the excise policy case. Singh pointed out that the lower court’s order stated that the ED is operating with a “biased attitude”.

Delhi HC grants interim stay on trial court order

The Delhi high court has granted interim stay on the trial court’s order to grant bail to Kejriwal in the money laundering case connected to the alleged excise scam. The high court also demanded a response from Kejriwal regarding ED’s challenge to the trial court’s June 20 order, which had granted him bail.

Trial court order stayed on Kejriwal’s bail

Delhi High Court has stayed the order of bail till the order is pronounced. The order will be out by Monday or Tuesday. The High Court has asked the council to file the written submissions by Monday.

“This is also noticeable that ED is silent about the facts as to how the proceeds of crime have been utilized in Assembly Elections in Goa by AAP as, admittedly, after about two years, the bigger portion of the alleged amount remains to be traced out,” the judge said.

On Thursday, the Rouse Avenue Court granted bail to Kejriwal upon submitting a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh. The stipulations for his release encompassed refraining from any involvement in the investigation process or exerting any influence on potential witnesses pertinent to the ED’s money laundering inquiry. In conjunction with these terms, Kejriwal was directed to attend court appearances as necessary and extend full cooperation to aid in the investigation of the case.