The
Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal's separate pleas seeking bail and challenging his arrest by the CBI in
the alleged excise policy scam.
A
bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan heard arguments put forward by
Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, representing the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI), and senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for
Kejriwal.
"Thank
you for the assistance. Judgment reserved," the bench said after the
lawyers concluded their arguments.
Kejriwal
has filed two separate petitions challenging the denial of bail and against his
arrest by the CBI in the the corruption case filed by the central agency.
The
AAP chief was arrested by the CBI on June 26.
The
Delhi High Court had on August 5 upheld the arrest of the chief minister as
legal, and said there was no malice in the acts done by the CBI which was able
to demonstrate how the AAP supremo could influence witnesses who could muster
the courage to depose only after his arrest.
The
excise policy was scrapped in 2022 after the Delhi lieutenant governor ordered
a CBI probe into alleged irregularities and corruption involving its
formulation and execution.
According
to the CBI and the ED, irregularities were committed while modifying the excise
policy and undue favours extended to licence holders.