Supreme Court Set to Rule on Delhi Chief Minister's Bail, Rejects CBI's Arguments

Judges Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan's bench had heard the matter and set a September 5 deadline for a decision. The list of causes on the Supreme Court indicates that Justice Kant
would deliver the decision.

Mr. Kejriwal should first knock on the trial court's doors, according to the CBI's prior argument. The top court did, however, cite a recent decision it rendered granting bail to
former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, holding that a party requesting parole should not be forced to scurry from one institution to another to maintain their legal rights. In the same liquor policy case, Mr. Sisodia was given bail.

Orally restating the Sisodia verdict, Justice Bhuyan stated that requiring a bail applicant to return to the trial court to obtain bail would be equivalent to 'making him play a game of snakes and ladders' Mr. Sisodia had to wait 17 months to be granted bail. The CBI's argument that granting the Chief Minister bail would 'demoralise' the Delhi High Court was also rejected by the court.

On August 5, the High Court affirmed his apprehension and instructed him to seek bail by knocking on the trial Court's doors.
Senior attorney A.M. Singhvi emphasized that the Chief Minister had been granted bail three times in the money laundering case connected to the excise policy 'scam' on behalf of Mr. Kejriwal. from the Supreme Court three times and the trial court once.

The Chief Minister, according to Mr. Singhvi, is a constitutional official and not a 'flight risk'. Additionally, he had been under trial since the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) arrested him in March for a 'sufficiently long time'. Thirdly, since 'lakhs of documents' pertinent to the case had already been filed in court, many of them in electronic form, there was no need to worry about tampering.

The BRS leader K. Kavitha and Mr. Sisodia were granted bail in the same case, he claimed, based extended confinement, the lack of a chance for a trial anytime soon, and the process turning into a punishment.

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Aarya Kadam (News Writer) is a final-year BBA student and a creative writer with a passion for current affairs and legal Judgments.