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Supreme Court to Consider Interim Order on Arvind Kejriwal’s Bail on May 10
Supreme Court to Consider Interim Order on Arvind Kejriwal’s Bail on May 10
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court said that it could rule on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s request for bail on Friday, May 10. In a hearing, Justice Sanjiv Khanna informed ASG SV Raju of this, according to the news agency. Kejriwal’s bail request was considered by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, and the decision was postponed. In light of the upcoming election, the top court stated during the hearing that it did not want Kejriwal to carry out his official obligations if he was granted temporary parole. Abhishek Singhvi, Kejriwal’s attorney, argued that if Kejriwal is granted temporary release on bond, he will not sign any official documents as long as the lieutenant governor of Delhi does not reverse judgments just because Kejriwal did not sign them.
Assume that, because of the elections, we give you temporary bail. Saying that you will go to work might then have a domino effect. We wish to avoid a conflict of interest if you conduct official tasks after we grant you temporary bail. The bench informed Singhvi that they did not want him to meddle in any way with how the administration operated. “First, let us determine if interim bail can be granted or not,” the court informed Kejriwal’s attorney. The Enforcement Directorate rejected Kejriwal’s bail request, claiming that giving him temporary parole would amount to establishing a distinct class of people just for politicians and that there should be no mercy offered to him due to the election.
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“It doesn’t matter to us if the situation involves a politician or not. Each person engaged has a unique situation or condition. With elections coming up, we are just thinking about whether this case calls for an exemption or if the individual in question is in an extraordinary situation,” the bench stated. At present, there are over 5,000 pending lawsuits nationwide concerning Members of Parliament. If they post bail, will they all be freed? Does a politician have greater importance than an agriculturist with a harvesting and sowing season? Attorney General Tushar Mehta expressed his willingness to testify before the ED.
