Tell it to birds, Kejri not free yet

A day after Vacation Judge Nyay Bindu of the Rouse Avenue Courts granted bail to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi liquor policy case, the Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the order after the counsel for Enforcement Directorate argued that he was not given “full opportunity” to argue his case.

- Gaurav Vivek

The court is now likely to pronounce its order in the matter on June 25.

After Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju challenged the lower court’s order and termed it a “perverse order” on the ground that it was delivered “without going through documents filed by both sides and without giving us an opportunity (to argue)”, Vacation Bench of Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain heard the arguments of Kejriwal’s counsels.

He then ordered that “I am reserving the order for two to three days. Till the pronouncement of the order the operation of the trial court order is stayed.”

Meanwhile, Kejriwal’s wife, Sunita Kejriwal, reacted to the developments by saying that Kejriwal was being treated like a “wanted terrorist” and that “dictatorship has increased in the country”.