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Court was told today that the CBI arrest was an insurance arrest as he was given bail in the case registered by ED
The Supreme Court's division bench has refused to grant interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has challenged the Delhi High Court's dismissal of his petition against his arrest by the CBI in the liquor policy scam case.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan has issued notice on the petition and has listed the matter for hearing on August 23.
"This is an insurance arrest...you interrogated me in April 2023...and arrested me in March 2024..just at the cusp when ED order was coming..I am arrested by CBI..", Senior Advocate AM Singhvi told the bench today.
CBI has termed Kejriwal as the 'sutradhar' (mastermind) of the policy scam.
High Court's single judge bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna held, “The arrest of Arvind Kejriwal by the CBI was legal”.
The Rouse Avenue Court had authorized the CBI to question Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal regarding the defunct liquor excise policy.
AAP leader Sanjay Singh has accused the CBI of misleading the Supreme Court, alleging that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest was a tactic to keep political opponents in jail. Singh claimed the ED and CBI were tools of the Central government.
The Delhi CM was arrested on March 21st this year by the ED and obtained Supreme Court bail for campaigning but faced challenges in subsequent appeals.
ED's case against Kejriwal & allies involves allegations of corruption and money laundering in the formulation and execution of Delhi's excise policy for 2021-22, which was later scrapped.
Case Title: ARVIND KEJRIWAL vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
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