THE Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its verdict on the bail application by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi excise policy-linked corruption case filed by the CBI. During the hearing, the courtroom witnessed intense arguments with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) contending that Kejriwal played a central role in the alleged scam.
During the Monday proceedings, Kejriwal's counsel led by senior advocates Abhishek Manu Singhvi, N Hariharan, and Ramesh Gupta, argued that the Chief Minister's arrest by the CBI was an 'afterthought', aimed at countering the interim bail Kejriwal was granted by the Supreme Court in a related money laundering case.
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