The petition for general conditional release in all the criminal cases against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal did not find consideration from the Delhi High Court as it was dismissed under the petition of public interest litigation.
The PIL, launched by a university student under the name ‘We The People of India,’ had aimed to quash Kejriwal’s detention, including the case of the Enforcement Directorate of money laundering, related to the now-dissolved Delhi liquor policy.
Chief Minister Kejriwal also came up and resisted the PIL, commending it as an attempt to draw attention to self-interest. The petitioner’s lawyer stated it was “publicity litigation” and accused its political motives.
The judge concluded that the college student’s complaint is not valid because the trial of Kejriwal is whilst in prison and; hence, he has the chance to seek the court’s attention.
The petition, headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan, was disposed of with the bypass, and the petitioner was also penalized Rs 70,000. The High Court’s bench emphasized that the continuation of the bunch criminal cases for high post holders makes the High Court explicitly not competent to provide universal interim bail, which usually emphasizes the notion of equality and the transparent Constitution.
In the PIL, the Delhi Government was kept in disarray by the arrest of Kejriwal as it waited for his feed, and the government was thrust into a state of headlessness. His safety, too, was being threatened as he was living in precarious conditions in prison and close to hardened criminals.
Kejriwal was imprisoned in Tihar prison after getting arrested in the financing case, which had a link with the alleged money laundering scam.
