New Delhi, September 5 - After hearing on Thursday the Supreme Court's pleas seeking bail and against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the CBI on June 26 in the corruption case related to the 'scam' related to Delhi's excise policy, the Court has reserved its verdict. A bench headed by Justice Surya Kant reserved the order and said, "One bail matter alone has wasted our whole day... We have to deal with a large number of cases... Think of other litigants as well... Judgment is reserved."
Earlier, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, opening arguments on behalf of Kejriwal, told a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujal Bhuyan that it was a "unique" case in which his client was still in jail despite two release orders by the Supreme Court and one by the trial court.
Singhvi was referring to the interim bail granted to Kejriwal by the Supreme Court on May 10 under the more stringent Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and then the general bail granted on July 21 as well as the order passed by Delhi's vacation judge Justice Bindu on June 20.
He said the matter should be "resolved as per common sense and not with excessive technicalities... One's liberty cannot be suspended for technicalities". He said Kejriwal was a threat to society. No and he should be released on bail as other accused arrested in this case have already got bail.