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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (Image: PTI)
The Supreme Court has postponed to September 5 the hearing of Arvind Kejriwal seeking bail and challenging his arrest in the liquor policy case.
The Supreme Court on Friday postponed till September 5 hearing on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea seeking bail and challenging the CBI's arrest in the excise policy scam.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan allowed the CBI to file a counter-affidavit in the matter and gave Kejriwal two days to file it refute.
Kejriwal's senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi said the CBI had filed a counter-affidavit in only one of the petitions and it was served on them at 8 pm on Thursday.
ASG SV Raju said they would file their plea again within a week. The judge then referred the matter for a further hearing on September 5.
On August 14, the Supreme Court refused to grant interim bail to Kejriwal in the case and sought the response of the investigating agency on his plea challenging his arrest.
Kejriwal was arrested by the CBI on June 26.
The chief minister was arrested by the ED on March 21 and was granted bail by the trial court on June 20 in a money laundering case.
On July 12, the Supreme Court granted him temporary bail in the money laundering case.
The excise policy was scrapped in 2022 after the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi ordered India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate alleged irregularities and corruption in its formulation and implementation.
According to the Confederation of British Industry and the Ministry of Education, there were irregularities in the revision of the excise tax policy and undue concessions were given to license holders.
(This report has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from associated news agency – PTI)
