By Fnf correspondent | PUBLISHED: 07, May 2024, 18:58 pm IST | UPDATED: 07, May 2024, 21:14 pm IST
The ED opposed the top court's decision to hear Kejriwal's interim bail application, stating that the court should not create a separate class for politicians.
"There are approximately 5,000 cases involving MPs pending across the country at the moment. Will each of them be released on bail? Is an agriculturist who works during the harvest and sowing seasons less important than a politician? Tushar Mehta, the Solicitor General, submitted.
Mehta contended that Kejriwal would not have been arrested if he had cooperated in the investigation and avoided nine summons. He stated that a narrative is being successfully built that Kejriwal did nothing wrong but was arrested just before the elections. Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 and is currently being held in Tihar Jail under judicial custody.
On April 15, the Supreme Court issued a notice to the ED, seeking a response to Kejriwal's petition against his arrest.
On April 9, the Delhi High Court upheld Kejriwal's arrest, saying there was no illegality and the ED was left with "little option" after he ignored repeated summonses and refused to cooperate with the investigation.
The case involves alleged corruption and money laundering in the development and implementation of the Delhi government's now-defunct excise policy for 2021-22.
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