The Supreme Court granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday in connection with a money laundering case tied to the purported excise policy scam. Despite this, Kejriwal will remain in custody due to his subsequent arrest by the CBI for a corruption case linked to the same excise policy scam.
A bench consisting of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta referred the questions regarding the legality of his arrest in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) case to a larger bench. The Supreme Court outlined three questions concerning the ED's authority and policy on arrests, and stated that Kejriwal would be released on interim bail under the conditions specified in the May 10 order.
The ED initially arrested Kejriwal on March 21 in relation to the money laundering case. Later, the CBI arrested him on June 26 for the corruption case connected to the alleged excise policy scam. This case involves accusations of corruption and money laundering during the creation and implementation of the Delhi government's excise policy for 2021-22, which has since been revoked.
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