Supreme Court registry today refused urgent listing of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea seeking extension of his interim bail by seven days for undergoing certain medical tests. Refusing to accept Kejriwal’s application, Supreme Court registry said since he has been given liberty to move trial court for regular bail, the plea is not maintainable.
Delhi Chief Minister had got interim bail from Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta on May 10 and was asked to surrender to Tihar jail on June 2. The bench had on May 17 reserved verdict on Kejriwal’s challenge to the validity of his arrest by ED in a PMLA case linked to Delhi liquor scam.
Refusing to accept application, the apex court said that since the verdict is already reserved on challenge to arrest, Kejriwal’s plea for extension of interim bail has no relation to main petition.
