Last Updated on 25/07/2024 by wccexam Desk
Setback for Arvind Kejriwal in CBI case, judicial custody extended till August 8
Headlines
- CM Kejriwal’s judicial custody extended till August 8
- CM Kejriwal has got interim bail from the Supreme Court in the money laundering case
- The bail petition related to the CBI case is pending before the Delhi High Court
Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court has extended the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till August 8 in the Delhi Excise Policy case. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been arrested in connection with the alleged liquor scam.CBIKejriwal was produced before the court through video conferencing from Tihar Jail in a case of the Delhi High Court (DHC). The decision came after the expiry of Kejriwal’s previous judicial custody period, which was earlier scheduled to end today. Earlier on July 18, the Delhi High Court had reserved its verdict on Arvind Kejriwal’s plea seeking two additional legal meetings with his lawyers through video conferencing from jail. His plea was opposed by jail officials and Enforcement Directorate (ED) lawyers.
The application filed by CM Kejriwal was rejected
Justice Neena Bansal Krishna reserved the decision on the petition after hearing the arguments of the lawyers of the parties. Senior advocate Ramesh Gupta appeared on behalf of Arvind Kejriwal. On July 1, the Rouse Avenue Court refused to allow Kejriwal two additional meetings with his lawyers through video conferencing (VC) from Tihar Jail. Special Judge Kaveri Baveja rejected the application filed by Arvind Kejriwal.
Hearing on BRS leader’s poem case will be held on July 31
On the other hand, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday fixed July 31 for hearing the petition of Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) leader K Kavita, in which she challenged the trial court’s order of her arrest by the CBI and sending her to CBI custody in the Delhi Excise Policy case. Due to the change in the roster of the Delhi High Court, the bench of Justice Swarn Kanta Sharma has relieved the case from its board. The bench of Justice Swarn Kanta Sharma has fixed the case for July 31 before the appropriate bench.
In her plea challenging her arrest in the CBI case, K Kavitha has said that the entire proceedings leading to her arrest and imprisonment in the CBI case are anathema to the law and violate the fundamental principles by which powers conferred on the investigating agency as well as the Court are interrelated in relation to a person who is already in custody in another (ED) case, resulting in violation of the fundamental rights of the petitioner under Articles 21 and 22 (1) and (2) of the Constitution, besides, such action is not supported by any provision or procedure of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.