Delhi
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal withdrew from the Supreme Court on Wednesday his
plea challenging the Delhi High Court order granting an interim stay on the
operation of the trial court's bail order in a money laundering case linked to
the alleged excise scam.
A
vacation bench of Justices Manoj Misra and SVN Bhatti, which allowed Kejriwal
to withdraw his plea, was told by the AAP leader's counsel senior advocate
Abhishek Singhvi that since the high court has passed a detailed order on June
25, he would like to file a substantial appeal.
Singhvi informed the
bench that new developments were taking place every day and Kejriwal has now
been arrested by the CBI.
"We
would like to file a substantial appeal to bring on record all relevant details
and challenge the June 25 order of the high court in which bail order was
finally stayed," he said.
Solicitor
General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), said he
has filed the reply to Kejriwal's plea which may be taken on record.
The
bench recorded the submission and gave Kejriwal the liberty to file the appeal.
Earlier
on Wednesday, a Delhi court allowed the CBI to formally arrest Kejriwal in
connection with the alleged excise scam.
On
Tuesday, the high court stayed the trial court order granting Kejriwal bail in
the case and held that the lower court did not "appropriately
appreciate" the material placed before it by the Enforcement Directorate.
The
top court had on June 24 termed "unusual" the high court's decision
to reserve the order while granting an interim stay on the operation of the
trial court's order granting bail to Kejriwal in the case.
The
AAP leader was arrested on March 21 by the ED and granted regular bail by the
trial court on June 20.