Hearing on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's bail application in the CBI case related to the leaker policy case has started today (September 5) in the Supreme Court. Earlier on August 23, the hearing was conducted by the bench of Justice Suryakant and Justice Ujjwal Bhuiyan. Meanwhile, the CBI told the court that it has submitted its reply in one case while more time is needed to reply in the other case. In response to that, Kejriwal's lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi said – In one case, the CBI's reply has been received on August 21 at 8 pm. The court has given one week's time to the CBI on the agency's appeal. Argument of Kejriwal's lawyer: If bail has been granted in Money Laundering Act then why not in CBI case? Kejriwal's lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi told the court that despite the stringent provisions of Section 45 of the Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the Delhi Chief Minister has been granted bail three times. He also referred to the interim bail granted by the Supreme Court on May 10 and July 12 and the regular bail granted by the trial court in the PMLA case on June 20. Singhvi said – Kejriwal should get bail in such a situation. Kejriwal got bail from the Supreme Court in the ED case on July 12. The Supreme Court granted bail to Arvind Kejriwal in the ED money laundering case on July 12. Granting bail, Justice Sanjiv Khanna said that Kejriwal has been in jail for 90 days. So they have been instructed to release them. We know that he is an elected leader and he has to decide whether he wants to be the Chief Minister or not. Justice Khanna said that we are transferring this case to a larger bench. What is the arrest policy, what is its basis. For this we have also prepared 3 such questions. If the larger bench wants, it can modify Kejriwal's interim bail. ED presents 208-page seventh supplementary charge sheet ED presented the seventh supplementary charge sheet on June 9 in Delhi's Rouse Avenue court. In this 208-page charge sheet, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has been called the mastermind and conspirator of this case. The chargesheet said that the money received from the scam was spent on the Aam Aadmi Party. It was also claimed that Kejriwal had accepted Rs. 100 crore bribe was demanded, of which Rs. 45 crores were spent in the Goa elections. Also read this news… Kejriwal's custody in CBI case extended till September 11: Rouse Avenue court considers CBI's supplementary chargesheet Delhi's Rouse Avenue court extends CM Arvind Kejriwal's judicial custody till September 11 in CBI case related to liquor policy case was extended. The court also took cognizance of the CBI's supplementary chargesheet and issued summons to Kejriwal. The CBI filed a supplementary charge sheet against Arvind Kejriwal, Durgesh Pathak, Vinod Chauhan, Ashish Mathur, Sarath Reddy. The court has given time till September 11 to the accused to submit their reply.
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