The Supreme Court today granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case linked to the alleged liquor policy scam.
A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta referred to a larger bench the Delhi Chief Minister’s petition challenging the arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Mr Kejriwal will however remain in custody since he was arrested by the CBI under the Prevention of Corruption Act in relation to the same liquor policy case on the 25th of last month.
The Delhi Chief Minister was arrested by the ED on the 21st of March in the case. He was released on the 10th of May by the Supreme Court to campaign for the Lok Sabha polls. He returned to jail on the 2nd of June after the Apex Court denied him any further relief.
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