New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Delhi Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to withdraw his petition against the interim stay on his bail granted by the Delhi high court last week and file a fresh petition to also include the challenge to the HC’s final order of June 25 order reversing the bail in the Delhi excise case probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
A vacation bench of justices Manoj Misra and SVN Bhatti passed the order after a request for withdrawal was made by senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi appearing for the the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor.
Singhvi pointed out that since the passing of the June 21 order by the HC when an interim stay was granted on the bail order passed by the trial court on June 20, subsequent developments have taken place as the high court has pronounced its final order on June 25 and Kejriwal has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the Delhi excise policy case. (Agencies)
