New Delhi: In the midst of a turbulent hour, Arvind Kejriwal withdrew a Supreme Court petition challenging a stay on the grant of bail following his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in March in connection with an alleged liquor policy case. Kejriwal was taken into custody by the CBI inside Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court.
The ED did not object to the withdrawal of the petition, which was made on the grounds that the petitioner wanted to take up a more significant appeal against the High Court’s ruling to stay the Rouse Avenue Court’s bail order.
Since the Rouse Avenue Court granted the Delhi Chief Minister regular bail last week, his circumstances have significantly improved. Hours before he was sent free from Tihar Jail on Saturday, the ED filed a motion in the High Court, citing the “perverse” and “completely flawed” decisions made by the lower court.
The High Court subsequently issued an oral decision to halt the bail order right away, and on Monday it filed a request to reverse that stay with the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court refused to comply.
The acts of the High Court were recognized by the Supreme Court as “unusual”; Justice Manoj Misra stated, “Orders in stay matters are not reserved but passed on the spot.” What transpired was not like anything else.”
But the court also said that as the High Court had not yet rendered a decision, it would be inappropriate to intervene. In response to Mr. Kejriwal’s claims that the High Court erred by reversing his bail without reading the lower court’s judgment in its entirety, the court stated it would rule on his request when the order was officially recorded and the High Court had an opportunity to review the stay.
As promised, the High Court did indeed pass its final ruling on Tuesday.
Arvind Kejriwal did not receive positive news from this.
