Delhi High Court Halts Bail for CM Arvind Kejriwal in Money Laundering Case

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will remain in jail as the Delhi High Court today stayed the trial court order granting him bail in a money laundering case.

A vacation bench of Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain pronounced its verdict on a plea by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking a stay on the trial court order granting bail to Kejriwal.

The High Court agreed with the ED’s allegations that the trial court did not hear the probe agency properly.

Earlier, the Supreme Court yesterday adjourned Kejriwal’s petition challenging the High Court order of staying the trial court’s order and  posted the case for hearing on Wednesday.

The Bench adjourned the hearing saying by the time the High Court is expected to pronounce its final order on the stay application filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Arvind Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 in a corruption case related to the Delhi liquor policy. He was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in May to campaign for Lok Sabha elections. He returned to jail on June 2.