SC refuses urgent hearing of Delhi CM’s bail extension plea

May 28, 2024

New Delhi: The Supreme Court vacation bench on Tuesday refused to allow an urgent hearing of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea. The plea was filed by Arvind Kejriwal to extend the interim bail for 7 days on medical grounds.

The vacation bench of the Apex Court said that it’s appropriate if the Chief Justice of India takes a call on the listing of the plea. Yesterday, a plea was filed by Arvind Kejriwal to extend his bail plea for 7 days.

Arvind Kejriwal is on interim bail till June 1 and is supposed to surrender the next day, i.e. on June 2.

According to the party, the plea to extend bail has been applied on medical grounds. Party said that Delhi Chief Minister has lost 7 kilograms weight after his arrest and his ketone level is high which could signal some serious disease.

The party further informed that the doctors had advised the AAP convenor to undergo a Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography (PET-CT) scan and some other medical tests due to which Kejriwal has sought the extension of his interim bail.

After being released from jail, Kejriwal has been involved in campaigning for the INDIA bloc for the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. Kejriwal was arrested by the Directorate of Enforcement in an excise policy case on March 21, days after the election schedule for the general elections was announced. The bail is applicable till June 1 and Kejriwal has to surrender to authorities on June 2.