Delhi HC puts Kejriwal's bail order on hold until it hears ED’s challenge

The Delhi High Court on Friday, 21 June, said the trial court order granting bail to chief minister Arvind Kejriwal shall not be given effect till it hears the Enforcement Directorate (ED’s) plea challenging the relief granted in the money laundering case linked to the alleged excise scam.

The ED mentioned its plea challenging the trial court order for an urgent hearing before a bench of Justices Sudhir Kumar Jain and Ravinder Dudeja, which said the case file would come to it in 10-15 minutes and after that it would hear the matter.

The high court said till then the trial court order shall not be acted upon.

The ED has challenged the trial court’s order passed on Thursday evening.

Additional solicitor general S V Raju, representing the ED, sought a stay on the trial court order contending that the agency was not given a proper opportunity to argue its case.

The ED had arrested Kejriwal on 21 March, shortly after the Delhi High Court refused to grant him protection from arrest on his petition challenging summonses issued to him.