Arvind Kejriwal

September 16, 2024 6:13 PM

Excise Case: CBI gets 3 days remand of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was remanded to three days of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody by the Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday. Vacation Judge Amitabh Rawat granted the CBI's request for custodial interrogation until June 29, 2024. The court has allowed Kejriwal's wife, Sunita Kejriwal, to meet him for 30 minutes and his lawyer to meet him daily for the same duration during the remand period. The court also permitted Kejriwal to carry his prescribed medicines and consum...

June 26, 2024 12:59 PM

CBI arrests Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi excise policy case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the excise policy case. Kejriwal was produced before the court of vacation judge Amitabh Rawat at the Rouse Avenue court in New Delhi, where the CBI sought his custody for interrogation. During the hearing, Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal, AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh and AAP leader Dilip Pandey were present in the courtroom. On Tuesday, the CBI had questioned Kejriwal ...

September 16, 2024 6:16 PM

Delhi High Court stays Arvind Kejriwal’s bail

The Delhi High Court has stayed the trial court's order granting bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam. The court announced it would pass an order on the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) plea within two to three days. The ED challenged the June 20, 2024 order of the Rouse Avenue court that had granted bail to Kejriwal. The agency argues that the trial court's decision was made without providing adequate opportunity for the...

September 16, 2024 6:16 PM

Arvind Kejriwal gets bail in Delhi excise policy ED case

The Rouse Avenue court granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case related to the Delhi excise policy. Vacation judge Nyay Bindu granted bail to Kejriwal on furnishing bail bond of Rs one lakh. The court refused the request of ED to postpone the process of filing a bail bond for 48 hours. Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21 in connection with a money laundering case relating to alleged irregularities in the now-cancelled Delhi excise policy 2021-22. ...

September 16, 2024 5:57 PM

Rise in voter turnout in J&K shows success of abrogation of Article 370: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday that the rise in voter turnout from 14% in the past to nearly 40% now in the Srinagar constituency of Jammu and Kashmir is the greatest testament to the success of the abrogation of Article 370. "All leaders of extremist groups voted. It does not matter to whom they vote. That is their right. But at least, they were part of the democratic process," Shah said in an interview to ANI, adding that earlier, slogans were shouted to boycott elections. ...

May 11, 2024 1:38 PM

Kejriwal offers prayers at Hanuman Temple, ahead of roadshow later today

A day after he was released on interim bail from Tihar Jail Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal offered prayers at the Hanuman Temple in Connaught Place in the national capital He was accompanied by wife Sunita Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. Ahead of his visit, Kejriwal said he is happy to be back with the prayers of crores of people and justice of the Supreme Court. AAP leader Gopal Rai told ahead of his vist, "The CM will come here to seek blessings from Hanuman ji and then go...

May 11, 2024 12:22 AM

After 50 days, Delhi CM Kejriwal walks out of Tihar jail

After spending 50 days in Tihar jail, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was released on Friday following the Supreme Court's order granting him interim bail in the excise policy case. Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21, 2024, in connection with the alleged liquor policy scam. A huge crowd of supporters gathered outside Tihar jail to welcome the Chief Minister on his release. Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal, Punjab Chief Minister and AAP leader Bhagwant Mann, party le...

May 10, 2024 4:38 PM

Supreme Court grants temporary bail to opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal

The Supreme Court gave temporary bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a graft case on Friday, allowing him to campaign in the ongoing general elections. The Enforcement Directorate arrested Kejriwal, a key opposition leader, on March 21 in connection with corruption allegations related to Delhi's liquor policy. Kejriwal has been in pre-trial detention since April 1, and his wife Sunita has stepped in to campaign for his decade-old party in his absence. India began voting on April 1...

April 4, 2024 1:12 PM

US questioned on silence over arrests of Pakistani opposition leaders while being vocal on similar cases in India

The spokesperson of the U.S. State Department, Mathew Miller, found himself in a tight spot during a press briefing on Wednesday, when a journalist questioned the State Department’s vocal response to the arrest of Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal while remaining silent on the arrests of Pakistani opposition leaders. Miller declined to equate both cases, saying that the US prioritizes upholding the rule of law and human rights for all Pakistani citizens. "I would not agree with that c...

September 16, 2024 5:03 PM

Excise policy case: Delhi CM Kejriwal sent to judicial custody till April 15

A Delhi court on Monday sent Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal to judicial custody until April 15 in the excise policy case. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had arrested Kejriwal in connection with corruption allegations related to the city's liquor policy and he had been remanded to the agency's custody until April 1. Lawyers for the ED said on Monday that Kejriwal had been "non-cooperative" and was "giving evasive replies," and asked the court to remand him to judici...