The Supreme Court of India Today (Sept 13) emphasized that High Courts should not send an accused back to the Trial Court for bail after having already heard the matter in detail. Apex Court’s ruling came after it found that the Delhi High Court, despite an extensive hearing, relegated the appellant, Arvind Kejriwal, to the Trial Court to seek bail.
Following is the chronology of events in the excise policy-linked corruption case, in which the Supreme Court Today (Sept 13) granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
The Supreme Court Today (Sept 13) allowed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s bail plea in the corruption case related to the excise policy scam. However, Justice Surya Kant dismissed Kejriwal’s appeal challenging the legality of his arrest in the CBI case, while Justice Ujjal Bhuyan dissented on the issue.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal told the Supreme Court Today (Sept 5) that the CBI did not arrest him for nearly two years in the alleged excise policy scam and an ‘insurance arrest’ was made on June 26 after he got bail in the “harsher” money laundering case filed by the ED.
