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PremiumArvind Kejriwal Hearing LIVE Updates: Arvind Kejriwal, who was interrogated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Tihar jail on Tuesday, has formally been arrested by the agency in the excise policy case. The CBI on Tuesday recorded his statement in connection with the Excise Policy money laundering case.
On Tuesday, June 25, Delhi HC had stayed the trial court order granting bail to Arvind Kejriwal while allowing the ED plea seeking a stay on the Trial Court order in the excise policy money laundering case. Arvind Kejriwal had challenged the Delhi high court order by moving a plea in the Supreme Court.
Today, on June 26, Arvind Kejriwal will be produced before the Supreme Court for hearing in his bail plea. Stay tuned for LIVE updates on Arvind Kejriwal's bail plea in Supreme Court.
AAP leader Sanjay Singh on Wednesday said he will talk to INDIA bloc leaders over Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest and request them to raise the issue in Parliament as he accused the BJP-led Centre of misusing probe agencies to target opposition parties.
"I appeal to the INDIA bloc parties to raise the issue related to Kejriwal's arrest in Parliament. We are talking to other opposition parties. I have also talked to Uddhav Thackeray. I will talk to Congress leaders. It is a misuse of probe agencies. All the opposition parties will be requested to raise the issue in Parliament," he said.
The Rajya Sabha MP was asked about the AAP's differences with the Congress and the latter criticising the Kejriwal-led party over issues related to Delhi.
"There can be differences at the state level, but we are together at the national level on the issues of the Constitution, democracy and misuse of probe agencies by the BJP against opposition parties," he said.
During the remand period, the Court allowed Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal to meet him for 30 minutes every day and his Lawyer to meet him every day for 30 minutes. The court also allowed them to carry his prescribed medicines and home-cook food allowed during the remand period, says Court.
Delhi court remands Arvind Kejriwal to 3-day CBI custody. Vacation judge Amitabh Rawat says that Kejriwal would be produced before the court on June 29 before 7:00 PM.
The ED on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the trial court judge was in a "hurry" and did not afford a reasonable opportunity to the prosecutor to oppose Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's bail in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise scam.
The federal probe agency said the June 20 order of the trial court granting regular bail to Kejriwal was "perverse" for non-compliance of prerequisite mandatory conditions under section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
A vacation bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice SVN Bhatti took on record the Enforcement Directorate's reply affidavit filed in Kejriwal's plea challenging the interim stay granted by the Delhi High Court on June 21.
AAP leader Jasmine Shah says, "...CBI has been exposed in front of the country. Today CBI was caught red-handed for giving a false statement inside the court...CBI stated that Arvind Kejriwal had put the entire blame for Delhi's excise policy on Manish Sisodia. Arvind Kejriwal himself stood up and said that CBI was lying. Arvind Kejriwal is innocent, Manish Sisodia is innocent and the entire Aam Aadmi Party is innocent..."
Slamming AAP and Sunita Kejriwal, BJP's Sambit Patra said, "Madam (Sunita) Kejriwal has said that the ED and CBI are doing dictatorship. What do you expect her to say? Though she knows everything, she will not say what has happened is correct. Arvind Kejriwal carried out the excise policy scam and he was arrested after the CBI showed evidence against him"
The AAP also condemned Kejriwal's arrest.
"The dictator crossed all limits of cruelty!! Today when there was every possibility of Chief Minister @ArvindKejriwal getting bail, the BJP went into panic mode and got Kejriwal arrested by the CBI in a fake case.
"The CBI took Kejriwal ji to Rouse Avenue Court where his blood sugar level dropped very low. Dictator, no matter how much oppression you inflict, Kejriwal will neither bow down nor break," it said in a post on X in Hindi.
Kejriwal has been in prison since April 1 in connection with the excise policy-linked money laundering case being probed by the ED.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita on Wednesday alleged the whole system was trying to ensure that her husband does not come out of jail and stressed that all this is akin to "dictatorship" and "emergency".
In a post on X in Hindi, Sunita said her husband got bail on June 20 in the excise policy-linked money laundering case and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) immediately got a stay.
"The very next day, the CBI made him an accused. And today he was arrested. The whole system is trying to ensure that the man does not come out of jail. This is not law. This is dictatorship, this is emergency," she said.
A Delhi court has delayed its decision on the CBI's request to keep Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in custody for five days regarding the excise policy case. The court is expected to announce its decision around 4:30 pm.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday alleged the Centre has discriminated the most against the Delhi government and is using the CBI to frame him in a case to stall the functioning of the AAP dispensation.
"The Centre has discriminated against the Delhi government and Chief Minister Kejriwal the most. Kejriwal formed the government and worked to improve health, education and other facilities but the Centre is creating obstacles," he said.
The SP chief claimed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been framing those who pose a threat to the BJP in different cases.
"The Centre must have known that he (Kejriwal) will come out (of jail). To ensure that he does not come out, the government does not function and he does not go among the people, he was framed by the CBI.
"It is not the first time that the CBI has framed someone. They frame those who pose a threat. Misuse of the CBI and other institutions led to voting against the BJP," Yadav said.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is in police custody at Rouse Avenue Court, after hearing in the excise policy case.
Arvind Kejriwal addresses the court. He says, "CBI is claiming that I have given statements against Manish Sisodia, this is wrong. Manish Sisodia is innocent, the Aam Aadmi Party is innocent and I am also innocent."
Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court reserves order on CBI's plea for a five-day custodial interrogation of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
CBI is seeking a five-day custodial interrogation of Arvind Kejriwal in the Excise case.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was allowed to exit the courtroom and served some tea and biscuits upon his sugar levels dropping. Kejriwal was escorted to the Ahlmad room.
During the hearing, Abhishek Singhvi told the Supreme Court that Delhi High Court passed its order yesterday ordering stay on trial court’s bail order and the Delhi CM now seeks to withdraw the plea before apex court against High Court’s June 21 interim order and will file fresh petition challenging the order June 25 order.
The Supreme Court has allowed Arvind Kejriwal to withdraw his plea challenging June 21 order granting interim stay on trial court’s order by which he was granted regular bail. The apex court has also allowed the Delhi CM to file a fresh plea.
Supreme Court allows Arvind Kejriwal to withdraw his petition from the Supreme Court and file a fresh petition challenging the final order denying bail on June 25 passed by Delhi HC along with the earlier order of interim stay on his release granted on June 21 in the ED case against him
The CBI has formally arrested Delhi CM and AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy scam. The Rouse Avenue court has allowed the CBI to interrogate Arvind Kejriwal in the courtroom and asked it to place on record the material that they have for his arrest.
The Rouse Avenue Court has allowed the CBI to examine/interrogate Arvind Kejriwal in the courtroom and asked it to place on record the material that they have for his arrest.
Advocate DP Singh, Special Public Prosecutor appearing for CBI, DP Singh says "I am seeking permission because he's in custody and investigation is my prerogative. I would like to seek formal custody of Arvind Kejriwal to interrogate and make a formal arrest"
Delhi CM and AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being produced at the Rouse Avenue Court by CBI for a hearing in the liquor policy case.
Arvind Kejriwal Bail Plea LIVE: Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party president Virendraa Sachdeva suggested Aam Aadmi Party leaders to question Congress party over the probe as the case on which the CBI is working, was lodged by the Congress.
“CBI has already interrogated Arvind Kejriwal in this case. Manish Sisodia has also been arrested by the CBI in the same case... Saurabh Bharadwaj, Atishi, and Sanjay Singh should question Congress, because the case on which the CBI is working, was lodged by the Congress," ANI quoted Virendraa Sachdeva as saying. He added, "They should ask Rahul Gandhi why did they not withdraw their complaint when they formed an alliance for the elections. Does Sanjay Singh want investigative agencies to work according to him?"
Arvind Kejriwal Bail Plea LIVE: The Delhi High Court on June 25 stayed Arvind Kejriwal's bail order passed by the trial court. It said that the trial court should have at least recorded its satisfaction with the fulfilment of twin conditions of section 45 of Prevention of the Money Laundering Act (PMLA) before passing the impugned order, reported ANI.
Arvind Kejriwal Bail Plea LIVE: Saurabh Bharadwaj, Delhi Minister and AAP leader, on Tuesday said that it is very unusual that without reading the order of the trial court, Delhi High Court stayed the trial court order granting bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
He said, “It is very unusual that without reading the order of the trial court, Delhi High Court stayed the court order granting bail to Kejriwal...We will make a legal strategy regarding it, " reported ANI.
Arvind Kejriwal Bail Plea LIVE: The Supreme Court will hear Arvind Kejriwal's bail plea today in the money-laundering case. Here's a chronology of events indicating what happened since last month.
On May 10, the Supreme Court granted interim bail to the Delhi CM till June 1 to campaign in the Lok Sabha polls. The court asked him to surrender on June 2 since last phase of polls took place on June 1. The CM submitted a bail plea urging interim bail extension period by a week on medical grounds. However, his request was rejected and he eventually surrendered before the authorities on June 2 evening.
On June 20, the Supreme Court granted regular bail to Arvind Kejriwal. The next day, the ED approached the high court challenging the trial court's bail order. The high court suspended the bail order until pronouncement on the issue of stay and issued a notice on the agency's plea.
Yesterday, the CBI examined the Delhi CM in Tihar Jail and recorded his statement. On the same day, the Delhi High Court stayed the bail granted to Arvind Kejriwal by the trial court.
Arvind Kejriwal Bail Plea LIVE: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Excise Policy money laundering case on March 21 this year, and is currently in Judicial Custody in the case.
Arvind Kejriwal Bail Plea LIVE: The Supreme Court on Monday comprising Justices Manoj Misra and SVN Bhatti observed that the decision of the High Court to grant an interim stay on Arvind Kejriwal's bail without passing a final order in the matter was "unusual".
The bench noted, "In stay matters, judgments are not reserved but passed on the spot. What has happened here is unusual. We will have it (case before it) the day after," reported ANI.
Arvind Kejriwal Bail Plea LIVE: Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Lawyer in a post on X stated, "The dirty tricks of the Modi government fears the release of Arvind Kejriwal by SC has asked to CBI to make arrest in the same matter almost a year after he joined the investigation. What it shows nothing changed the vindictive mindset of BJ. Shame."
Arvind Kejriwal Bail Plea LIVE: The vacation bench of Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain on Tuesday stayed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's bail order. The High Court bench said, "In stay matters, judgments are not reserved but passed on the spot. What has happened here is unusual. We will have it (case before it) the day after." The Supreme Court will hear Arvind Kejriwal's bail plea today.
Arvind Kejriwal Bail Plea LIVE: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday said it disagrees with the Delhi High Court order staying the bail granted to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the trial court and will challenge it in the Supreme Court. The trial court had granted bail to Kejriwal on June 20 in the money laundering case stemming from the alleged Delhi excise policy scam and ordered his release on a personal bond of ₹1 lakh.
The high court stayed the trial court order on Tuesday, June 25. After the trial court granted bail to Kejriwal, the ED moved the high court the next day and contended the trial court's order was "perverse", "one-sided" and "wrong-sided" and that the findings were based on irrelevant facts. The Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed the trial court order granting bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case stemming from the alleged excise scam.
