Excise scam: HC asks CBI to respond to Kejriwal’s bail plea
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the CBI to respond to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s bail plea in the corruption case registered by the CBI in connection with the alleged excise policy scam.
Justice Neena Bansal Krishna issued a notice to the CBI on the bail plea and listed it for further hearing on July 17. Kejriwal sought bail claiming that there was no necessity to arrest him in the CBI case and that his custody was illegal.
Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, representing Kejriwal, said the AAP leader is not a flight risk and not a terrorist, and the CBI arrested him after he got bail in the ED’s money laundering case. He said Kejriwal has deep roots in society and added he was pressing for an interim relief in the matter.
Advocate DP Singh, appearing for the CBI, raised an objection over Kejriwal directly approaching the high court without first filing the bail plea before the trial court. The high court took note of the objection and said “the contention shall be considered at the time of arguments”. “In how many cases the Supreme Court or the high courts have said that please go back, on propriety. On law, there is no quarrel. I am not on law,” Justice Krishna said.
