HIGH COURT’S DECISION TO RESERVE IS DEEMED “UNUSUAL” BY THE SC, WHICH ADJOURNS ARVIND KEJRIWAL’S CASE AGAINST STAY ON BAIL.
In his appeal against the Delhi High Court’s suspension of his bail, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sought quick relief from the Supreme Court on Monday, but the court denied him. Although the High Court’s conduct was seen somewhat “unusual,” a vacation bench consisting of Justices SVN Bhatti and Manoj Mishra decided to postpone the case until June 26.
Orders in stay applications are often not reserved. They are immediately passed. It is quite peculiar. Judge Mishra stated, “Anyway, we will have it day after tomorrow,” as the bench opted to hold off until the High Court issued an order.
Kejriwal was given regular bail in the Liquor Policy Scam Case by the Delhi High Court, which had granted a stay of the lower court’s ruling. His attorneys contended today that the High Court disregarded the established rule that there is a distinction between “bail granted” and “bail declined” while granting the stay, calling the action “unprecedented.”
A bail grant is not the same as a bail reversal. On the first day, there is a new method for staying bail. In my advantage is the convenience balance. Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi stated during the arguments that “if the plea is denied, he goes back to jail and ends up back where he was when he surrendered under Supreme Court order three weeks ago.”
He further claimed that the challenged decision was given without any justification, and it is after the order that arguments were heard while noting that once bail is granted. It is not so simply undone.
“We suggest that the HC order be entered into the record so that we can continue the matter the following week. The court asked, “How do we proceed without the order?” as it deferred the case and declined to comment on the merits.
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WRITTEN BY: ABHISHEK SINGH