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Arvind Kejriwal: The Supreme Court will hear on August 14 the petition of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging the Delhi High Court's order maintaining his arrest by the CBI in a corruption case related to the alleged excise policy scam. The Supreme Court will also hear Kejriwal's petition seeking bail in this case separately. Both the petitions of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener will be heard by a bench of Justice Suryakant and Justice Ujal Bhuiyan.
On Monday (August 13), when senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, on behalf of Arvind Kejriwal, appealed for immediate listing, the Supreme Court agreed to hear his petition.
Delhi High Court upheld Kejriwal's arrest
The Delhi High Court had on August 5 upheld the chief minister's arrest and said there was no malice in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) action. This shows how AAP leaders can influence witnesses who muster the courage to testify only after their arrest.
The High Court had asked him to approach the lower court for regular bail in the CBI case. The High Court had said that after the arrest of the Chief Minister and collection of relevant evidence by the CBI, the chain of evidence against him was closed and it cannot be said that it was without any reasonable cause or illegal.
It said that Kejrival not any ordinary citizen but the Magsaysay Award winner and Aam Aadmi Party is the convenor of the . The High Court had said, “His control and influence over the witnesses is prima facie evident from the fact that these witnesses could muster the courage to testify only after the arrest of the petitioner, as expressed by the Special Public Prosecutor.”
