The Delhi High Court on Friday said that the trial court order be not given effect till it hears the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) plea challenging bail granted to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is lodged in jail in connection with the excise policy 2021-22 case.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) mentioned its plea challenging the trial court order for an urgent hearing before a bench of Justices Sudhir Kumar Jain and Ravinder Dudeja, which said the case file will come to it in 10-15 minutes and after that it will hear the matter.
The high court said till then the trial court order shall not be acted upon.
Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, representing the ED, sought a stay on the trial court order contending that the agency was not given a proper opportunity to argue its case.
On Thursday evening, a Delhi Court had granted bail to Kejriwal. Vacation Judge Niyay Bindu passed the order after hearing both sides over the past two days.
On March 21, the ED had arrested Kejriwal, shortly after the Delhi High Court refused to grant him protection from arrest on his petition challenging summonses issued to him.