Arvind Kejriwal bail plea in CBI case: LIVE UPDATES from Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is hearing the bail plea filed by Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Delhi excise policy case.

The matter is being heard by a bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan.

The Bench is hearing two separate pleas filed by Kejriwal - one challenging the legality of his arrest by CBI and a second plea seeking bail.

The Delhi High Court had on August 5 refused Kejriwal's plea in that regard, and asked him to approach trial court for bail.

This has led to the instant appeal by Kejriwal before the apex court.

The CBI arrested Kejriwal on June 26 while he was in judicial custody in connection with a money laundering case probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the same scam.

The case against Kejriwal stems from alleged irregularities in the framing of the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy of 2021-22.

The case involves allegations that several Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders including Kejriwal were involved in deliberately leaving loopholes in the excise policy in exchange for kickbacks from liquor lobbies.  The investigation agencies have alleged that the funds garnered from this exercise were used to fund the AAP's election campaign in Goa.

The case is being probed by both the CBI and the ED.

Kejriwal was arrested in the matter first by the ED on March 21.

He was later granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in the ED case, while the Court deliberates on larger questions concerning the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) which are tied to the issue of whether his March 21 arrest was legal.

However, despite this interim bail order, he continues to remain in jail since the CBI also formally arrested him in the case on June 26 while he was in judicial custody in connection with the ED case.

Other prominent leaders including AAP leaders including Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh were granted bail by the Supreme Court. AAP communications-in charge Vijay Nair and Bharat Rashtra Samithi leaders K Kavitha were also granted bail by the top court recently.

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