Arvind Kejriwal moves Supreme Court against Delhi HC stay on bail
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Jun 24, 2024, 01.03 PM IST
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi high court's stay on his bail. According to Aam Aadmi Party, Kejriwal's lawyers have requested a hearing to be scheduled for tomorrow morning.
The Delhi high court's stay, issued on Friday, halted the bail granted to Kejriwal by the Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday. Vacation judge Nyay Bindu had approved Kejriwal's bail on the condition of furnishing a bond of Rs 1 lakh. Following the bail order at approximately 7:56 pm, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sought to delay the signing of the bail bond by 48 hours to allow for an appeal, a request that the court denied. The bond was instead directed to be produced before the duty judge on Friday.
The ED on Friday moved quickly to challenge the trial court's bail order, seeking an urgent hearing before Justices Sudhir Kumar Jain and Ravinder Dudeja. Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, representing the ED, argued that the agency had not been given a fair chance to present its case during the initial proceedings.
During the hearing on Thursday, S V Raju told the court that the agency was not conducting an investigation in the air but possessed concrete evidence. He said photos of currency notes produced in court were part of the money given as kickbacks and related to Kejriwal's stay at a seven-star hotel in Goa.
"Instructions were received from one Vinod Chauhan to make payments to Chanpreet Singh and others. The pictures have been found on the phone of Chauhan. Chanpreet was speaking regularly to him on phone… Chauhan has good relations with Arvind Kejriwal," claimed Raju.
Chauhan, accused in the case, has been alleged to be handling the proceeds of crimes connected with hawala operators and managing postings in Delhi Jal Board through Kejriwal. ED has said he was the one responsible for the transfer of Rs 25.5 crore from Delhi to Goa.
Chanpreet Singh, according to ED, was AAP’s fund manager for the Goa elections. He has been accused of collecting the proceeds of crime from Chauhan and being responsible for generation/acquisition/use of the alleged proceeds of crime, an amount of Rs 45 crore.
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The Delhi high court's stay, issued on Friday, halted the bail granted to Kejriwal by the Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday. Vacation judge Nyay Bindu had approved Kejriwal's bail on the condition of furnishing a bond of Rs 1 lakh. Following the bail order at approximately 7:56 pm, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sought to delay the signing of the bail bond by 48 hours to allow for an appeal, a request that the court denied. The bond was instead directed to be produced before the duty judge on Friday.
The ED on Friday moved quickly to challenge the trial court's bail order, seeking an urgent hearing before Justices Sudhir Kumar Jain and Ravinder Dudeja. Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, representing the ED, argued that the agency had not been given a fair chance to present its case during the initial proceedings.
During the hearing on Thursday, S V Raju told the court that the agency was not conducting an investigation in the air but possessed concrete evidence. He said photos of currency notes produced in court were part of the money given as kickbacks and related to Kejriwal's stay at a seven-star hotel in Goa.
"Instructions were received from one Vinod Chauhan to make payments to Chanpreet Singh and others. The pictures have been found on the phone of Chauhan. Chanpreet was speaking regularly to him on phone… Chauhan has good relations with Arvind Kejriwal," claimed Raju.
Chauhan, accused in the case, has been alleged to be handling the proceeds of crimes connected with hawala operators and managing postings in Delhi Jal Board through Kejriwal. ED has said he was the one responsible for the transfer of Rs 25.5 crore from Delhi to Goa.
Chanpreet Singh, according to ED, was AAP’s fund manager for the Goa elections. He has been accused of collecting the proceeds of crime from Chauhan and being responsible for generation/acquisition/use of the alleged proceeds of crime, an amount of Rs 45 crore.
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