The Supreme Court on May 7 decided to mull over the question of granting interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to enable him to campaign as an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader for the ongoing Lok Sabha election.
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) objected, saying that bail for a “criminal” politician to canvas votes was hardly a fundamental right. For the “real aam aadmi”, it would be a luxury, the ED said.
The day-long hearing wound up without an order on the question of interim bail. A Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said it may tentatively list the case on May 9, as the next week would be a tight squeeze, being the last week before the court closed for a nearly two-month-long summer holiday.
