The Supreme Court on Friday said it may consider granting interim relief to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on May 7 if the hearing of his petition challenging the arrest of the Enforcement Directorate takes a long time. (ED) on the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21 in the Delhi excise policy case and is currently in custody. At the conclusion of the hearing on Friday, Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta expressed doubt that the trial of the case may not end the next day. Attorney General SV Raju, who attended the ER, said:
“It doesn’t look like we can make a decision today.” So, save it until Tuesday morning (May 7th). if it takes this long, and it looks like it’s going to be fine, then it’s considered a short-term funding issue for the election. With this vote, we may hear from you. Let this be clear. The ASG said that Kejriwal was only challenging his arrest, and no bail application was made. He said the election was one of the issues mentioned in the petition. “Maybe, but this (the court’s order to consider the election issues) is for short-term financial purposes… we may hear you,” Justice Khanna said. Raju talked about the package given to AAP leader Sanjay Singh and said “look at the statement he made”. On April 2, the Supreme Court, while granting interim bail to Singh, imposed a condition that he should not disclose his role in the case.
Justice Khanna asked Raju to give instructions on the conditions to be met if it is decided to grant interim relief to Kejriwal, including signing the document on his whereabouts. “Please give me instructions on the conditions that must be met if it is decided to give a temporary loan)… whether you have to sign some documents, official documents, depending on the position you hold,” he said. . We didn’t talk. “We would like to hear from you on the issue of temporary bail arising out of the election issue… whether it will be approved or not,” the judge said in an open-ended manner, because no party is surprised. The assistant secretary told the judge that the court’s statement was “a hoax.” “This is an open court case,” Judge Khanna said. He said the court did not say whether to grant interim bail. “We’re not going to say one way or the other.” We’re still open to that. Don’t think about anything,” he told both sides. At the time, the judges said they did not accept Kejriwal’s contention that political parties are not covered under Section 70 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act because the provisions governing “companies “. AAP has been named in the case, as the money received from the scam was allegedly used for the party’s campaign in Goa.
Justice Khanna told senior advocate AM Signhvi, appearing for Kejriwal: “It seems difficult to accept.” Society is also a unity for the individual. Can it be said that society is not bound by this principle? Continuing his statement, Singhvi told the judge that the last summons issued on March 16, shows that Kejriwal is not an accused or an ex-accused. “So what is clear is that on March 16th,, I will be a defender,” he said. He said there was nothing new that could be used as a basis for the arrest. “All the evidence leads to my arrest before the middle or the end of 2023,” he said.
Commenting on the court’s verdict on the accused, Manish Sisodia, the court said, “Prima facie, there is ambiguity as to whether the appellant, Manish Sisodia, is directly or indirectly involved. The specific allegations are not clear. ” The Rs 4,50,000,000 (Rs 45,000,000 only) allocated to AAP for the Goa elections does not appear to be of any benefit to Kejriwal. While Singhvi argued that the Vijay Madanlal Choudhary judgement upheld the powers of the PMLA and the ED to make arrests under investigation, by setting a higher standard for arrest, Raju countered , told the judge that police detectives should think twice before using the power to make an arrest. .
The information is about creating an opinion about “reason to believe” that someone is guilty, if he starts to follow all the information, the whole process will be difficult. The firm cannot provide payment slips within 60 days. “Some things don’t matter… The IO doesn’t take everything into account… Otherwise, the charge sheet cannot be sent within 60 days… even if he starts to write at least a few lines for each resource,” he said. . Justice Datta asked if it was necessary to separate the information because “papers would overflow”. Raju said he was just saying that things should be considered. “But nobody else is saying you have to think about it,” he said. This seems to be related to Singhvi’s statement that Kejriwal’s interests were not considered. Raju said that the order of the special judge and the Delhi High Court made investigation officials more active. He said that the High Court, after learning the facts, has refused to grant him protection from arrest.
The plea, which states that the CBI has not been named as an accused in the crime under investigation or initiated legal proceedings under the PMLA against the AAP for recovery of the proceeds of the crime, finds out if Kejriwal can object to this. Raju said that conquest is possible even without a religious decision.
