The case filed in the Delhi High Court seeking the dismissal of Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), was rejected in a money laundering case related to the excise policy and the amount stashed in foreign bank accounts. The Chief Justice, Manmohan, who was at the top of the tug, didn’t want to go into the nitty-gritty of the case, rather saying that the bench of judges was not competent enough to take a call on such matters as they add to the judicial designation.
The court outlined that the judicial branch merely ensures the fairness of the lawmaking process, leaving the responsibility for such examination to be made by other branches of the government within the limits of the legal framework. In addition to this, the bench, which also comprised Justice Manmeet PS Arora, was modest in coming to any absolute decision.
During the trial, Mr Justice SK Singh asked the petitioner’s lawyer to provide legal impediments to keeping Mr Arvind Kejriwal in the position of Chief Minister. The court wanted to know if there was any law banning it (they had no idea).
On March 21, Arvind Kejriwal, the head of the AAP national party, was arrested and sent for arraignment before the court of the Enforcement Directorate. The arrest was followed by his detention until March 28. He is accused of having stooped to the level of instigating an offence of the excise policy in a bid to benefit individuals at the level,e.
