Security has been beefed up outside the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in India’s capital New Delhi ahead of Congress Party leader Sonia Gandhi’s questioning in the National Herald case.
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Delhi High Court stays AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal’s bail
The Delhi High Court in its final verdict on the Enforcement Directorate’s plea, stayed a trial court order granting bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Justice Sudhir Jain said Tuesday, June 25, that the documents and arguments were not appreciated by the trial court.
On June 20, a Delhi court granted bail to the Chief Minister in connection with a money laundering case related to the now-scrapped excise policy. Following this, the ED moved the high court which stayed the order till its pronouncement of the final order.
Legal battle intensifies: Kejriwal’s bail order remains unenforced
The anticipation surrounding Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s release from jail took an unexpected turn as the Delhi High Court intervened, staying the implementation of a lower court’s order granting him regular bail.
On Thursday, June 21, the Rouse Avenue Court approved Kejriwal’s bail and ordered his release on a bond of ₹100,000, scheduled for Friday. However, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which had arrested Kejriwal on March 21 in connection with an alleged excise policy scam, successfully challenged his release by approaching the Delhi High Court.
Delhi CM Kejriwal granted bail in excise policy money laundering case
A Delhi court granted bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with a money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam on Thursday.
Vacation Judge Niyay Bindu of the Rouse Avenue Court had earlier reserved the order on CM Kejriwal’s bail plea.
Notably, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) requested a 48-hour deferral in signing the bail bond following the court’s pronouncement of the order. The ED aimed to allow sufficient time to challenge the order before the appellate court.
AAP lawmaker denies allegations of fund misappropriation in 2016 Canada event
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) categorically refuted the Enforcement Directorate’s allegation that the party misappropriated funds raised during a 2016 fundraising event in Canada for personal gain. AAP termed these charges are entirely baseless and false on Monday, May 20.
India’s Supreme Court issues notice to ED on Arvind Kejriwal’s plea against arrest
he Supreme Court of India on Monday issued notice on a plea filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest and subsequent remand by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the excise policy case. Agreeing to examine the matter, a bench presided over by Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked the federal anti-money laundering agency to file its reply by April 24.
INDIA Bloc Rally: Sunita Kejriwal reads out husband Arvind’s message
Sunita Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife, on Sunday read out his message at the INDIA bloc rally at Ramlila Maidan here and questioned the Central government over his arrest. Arvind Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged excise scam and is in the financial probe agency’s custody.
Justice Markandey Katju: Can Kejriwal continue as Chief Minister while in jail?
Justice Markandey Katju writes: Arvind Kejriwal, chief minister of Delhi, was arrested on March 21 by India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED), in connection with an alleged liquor scam, and since then he is in custody. The question is whether he can continue as the Chief Minister, and run the government from jail? Theoretically, there is no bar.
Arvind Kejriwal arrest: Aam Aadmi Party holds protests, candle marches
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday staged protests in the national capital against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the excise policy case. Delhi Minister Atishi led a candle march at Kalkaji in southwest Delhi while INDIA bloc candidate from East Delhi Lok Sabha seat Kuldeep Kumar, and AAP MLA Sanjeev Jha held candle marches in east Delhi and Burari respectively.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal withdraws petition from Supreme Court against ED arrest
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (seen in the back seat of the car in the picture above), who has been taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the liquor policy case, withdrew his plea filed before the Supreme Court on Friday. A special Bench of the top court was scheduled to hear on Friday afternoon the plea filed by Chief Minister Kejriwal seeking quashing of his arrest.
Arvind Kejriwal arrest: Punjab CM heads to Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party to hold protests in state
As Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday left for Delhi to express solidarity with his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the AAP has asked its supporters to reach Amb Sahib Gurdwara in Mohali near here to lodge a protest at 12 noon.
Arvind Kejriwal: AAP says Delhi CM’s incarceration is a BJP conspiracy, family kept under house arrest
Terming the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as the BJP’s “political conspiracy,” Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi on Friday said that it is the first time that a sitting CM has been arrested by the Central government agency Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Behind the Scenes: A full timeline of what led to Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday, following revelations of the use of hawala operators to transfer proceeds for funding elections, meetings and details of the hotels, and statements of approvers, as per sources in the financial probe agency.
Arvind Kejriwal arrested: What the law says about chief ministers running govt from jail
The inescapable hold of India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) as it took the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal into custody on Thursday evening, has left the curious lot with a number of questions answered about the AAP supremo’s arrest and what comes next. Kejriwal, who now stands to be the first sitting Chief Minister arrested from the Opposition INDIA bloc, was questioned at his official residence for more than two hours in connection with the money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam before he was taken to the probe agency’s office on A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Road at 11 p.m. IST on Thursday.
Actor Jacqueline Fernandez granted pre-arrest bail in money-laundering case
A Delhi court on Tuesday granted pre-arrest bail to actress Jacqueline Fernandez in the ₹200 crore money-laundering case involving multimillionaire conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, which is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
India’s Congress Party calls meeting of MPs after central agency seals affiliate publication’s office
The Indian National Congress (INC), better known as the Congress Party, called a meeting of all its members of parliament (MPs) on Thursday to chart its response plan after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sealed the Herald House in New Delhi, the country’s capital.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to reappear in front of ED in money-laundering case
Congress Party interim president Sonia Gandhi is likely to depose before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Tuesday for her second round of questioning in the money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper.
National Herald case: Law is same for all but questioning someone till 12 midnight wrong, says Gehlot
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday condemned the questioning of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi which went on till midnight by the Enforcement Directorate in the National Herald case.
AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal meets LG, tenders resignation as Delhi CM
The Aam Aadmi Party’s National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal resigned as the Chief Minister of Delhi Tuesday, September 17, just hours after selecting Atishi as his successor for the post.
Accompanied by other AAP leaders, including Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj, Kejriwal arrived at the Delhi Lieutenant Governor’s residence around 4:30 P.M. and submitted his resignation to LG Saxena.
From ED arrest to bail: A look at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s journey
The Supreme Court of India on Friday directed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to be released on bail in connection with the corruption case linked to the alleged liquor policy scam.
While turning down his distinct plea challenging arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Justice Surya Kant, heading a two-judge Bench, order CM Kejriwal’s release on bail but restrained him from making any “public comments on merits of the case” pending trial before the court.
AAP leader Kejriwal files bail plea in Delhi HC in CBI case, petition to be heard on July 5
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who remains under 14-day judicial custody (till July 12) in the corruption case linked to the alleged liquor policy scam, has petitioned the Delhi High Court for bail. His bail plea was mentioned before a bench presided over by Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) Manmohan for urgent listing, on Wednesday.
Kejriwal’s lawyer urged the court that the bail plea be taken up for hearing on Thursday. At this, the ACJ assured that the lawmaker’s bail petition will be heard on Friday, July 5.
AAP has lost its goodwill, must have indulged in corruption, says Mayank Gandhi
Philanthropist and former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s National Executive member Mayank Gandhi believes corruption has taken place within the political outfit, leading to Delhi Chief Minister and party supremo Arvind Kejriwal’s jail.
The founder of Global Vikas Trust, Gandhi was a speaker at the Meet and Greet event held on Sunday, June 23, at India Community Center in collaboration with TiE Silicon Valley in Milpitas, California.
What will happen next in India?
1. This can be called the Second Janata Party government, because it will have many features of the Janata Party government which came into existence in 1977 following the Emergency.
The Janata Party of 1977 was really a coalition of several parties whose leaders, like Morarji Desai and Charan Singh, fought each other, and did little else, (except instituting cases against Indira Gandhi), until the party collapsed in 1979. Similar is likely to be the fate of the present unholy alliance.
Delhi court denies interim bail to CM Kejriwal
iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- A Delhi court on Wednesday, June 5, dismissed a plea filed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking seven days interim bail on medical grounds. The bail plea was in connection with a money laundering case related to an alleged excise policy scam. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja will now hear the matter on […]
Arvind Kejriwal surrenders sent to judicial custody till June 5
New Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is back in judicial custody till June 5 in connection with the money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam.
Kejriwal, earlier on Sunday, June 2 surrendered at Tihar Jail upon expiry of the 21-day interim bail period granted by the Supreme Court.
