Delhi High Court orders interim stay on Arvind Kejriwal's bail order

The Delhi High Court has ordered an interim stay on the trial court order granting bail to Arvind Kejriwal in the liquor policy case till the pronouncement of its verdict on ED's petition. The Delhi chief minister will remain in Tihar jail for now. The order is likely to be pronounced on June 25.

Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain passed the order after the ED moved the High Court challenging Thursday's trial court order.

The high court also issued notice to Kejriwal seeking his response on ED's plea challenging the trial court's June 20 order by which he was granted bail.

"Till the pronouncement of this order, the operation of the impugned order shall remain stayed," a vacation bench of Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain said.

The court said it was reserving the order for 2-3 days as it wanted to go through the entire records.

Earlier in the day, the division bench said the trial court order shall not be given effect to till the high court hears the matter.

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