The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to grant extraordinary interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in all criminal cases.
Former Union Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Sunday that if the INDIA bloc comes to power at the Centre, it would enact a special law to bring into effect the legal principle established by the Supreme Court that "bail is the rule, and jail is the exception."
The Rouse Avenue court on Saturday reserved the regular bail pleas of former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia. He has sought regular bail in CBI and ED cases related to the Delhi Excise Policy case.
Taking a swipe at jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, amid allegations that he has been deliberately tucking into Aaloo Poori (a popular breakfast meal in North India) and sweets, while also taking sugar with his tea to press for bail citing inflated blood sugar levels; BJP leade
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former prime minister Imran Khan's interim bail has been extended in three cases by the anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday.
The plea stated that, to fulfill the responsibilities of the Chief Minister of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, the physical presence of Arvind Kejriwal is required in his office and home 24 Hours X 7 days a week to take quick decisions for the welfare of the public at large.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta while extending the interim bail of Boinpally stated in the order, "The matter is taken on board. Interim bail was granted by an earlier order dated. Will continue till the next date of hearing which is May 8."
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, who is diabetic, is deliberately eating sweet things in jail so that his sugar level goes up and he can get bail on medical grounds, alleged BJP leader Majinder Singh Sirsa, who cited the remarks made by the Enforcement Directorate in court.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday withdrew plea seeking a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against against AAP MLA Amanat Ullah Khan in money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the working of the Delhi Waqf Board.
ED's Special Counsel Zoheb Hossain submitted that Kejriwal is consuming mangoes, sweets, tea with high sugar and aaloo poori etc, a diet that increases sugar levels.
A Delhi court, after nine years of incident, awarded a three-year jail sentence to a man convicted of sexually assaulting a minor girl in 2015. The court has granted bail to the convict to challenge the judgement before the high court.