New Delhi: The Delhi High Court had directed an interim stay on the trial court order granting bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court's stay on his bail order in the Liquor Policy case.
The High Court had directed an interim stay on the trial court order granting bail to Kejriwal and had adjourned the case till June 25.
"High Court has lost sight of the most objective criteria that is required to judge an application for cancellation of bail and therefore, the impugned order staying the operation of the order granting bail cannot sustain even for a day," the plea stated.
In his plea, Kejriwal has asked the Supreme Court to take up the case on Monday.
"The manner adopted by the High Court in staying the bail order is contrary to the said clear dicta of law laid down by this Hon’ble Court and would violate the basic fundamental threshold on which the bail jurisprudence is premised in our country," the plea stated.
The plea states that the Aam Aadmi Party Chief cannot be denied the due process of law nor "false case" can be cooked up against him "merely because the petitioner is a political figure and opposed to the present dispensation in power in Centre".
"Petitioner is gravely aggrieved by the impugned order which has rendered justice to be a casualty and the same ought not to be continued even for a moment any further. This Hon’ble Court has repeatedly held that 'deprivation of liberty even for single day is one too many'," the plea stated.
Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 21 in connection with the Delhi Liquor Policy case, just before the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
In May, he was granted an interim bail by the Supreme Court in view of general elections. He surrendered on June 2.
