ED in Delhi High Court terms lower court's bail order to Kejriwal 'totally perverse'

While objecting the to trial court's bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, representing the Enforcement Directorate, highlighted procedural irregularities before the Delhi High Court on the 21st of June.

Terming the order as perverse, Raju argued that the trial court arrived at the decision based on wrong facts.

"The trial court's order is completely flawed. The court said there was no direct proof. That's a wrong statement by the court," Raju said before the bench comprising Justices Sudhir Kumar Jain and Ravinder Dudeja, according to NDTV.

The High Court, which temporarily suspended the bail order, indicated that a thorough examination of the ED's petition would be conducted before any further decisions are made. Earlier, the high court stayed the trial court bail order for Kejriwal in the money laundering case linked to the alleged excise scam.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) mentioned its plea challenging the trial court order for an urgent hearing before a bench of Justices Sudhir Kumar Jain and Ravinder Dudeja, which said the case file would come to it in 10-15 minutes and after that, it will hear the matter.

The high court said till then the trial court order shall not be acted upon.

The ED has challenged the trial court’s order passed on Thursday evening.

Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, representing the ED, sought a stay on the trial court order contending that the agency was not given a proper opportunity to argue its case.

The ED had arrested Kejriwal on March 21, shortly after the Delhi High Court refused to grant him protection from arrest on his petition challenging summonses issued to him.

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