In a major setback to Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Delhi Chief Minister's plea for the extension of his interim bail plea by seven days on medical grounds.
During the hearing, the top court stated that since a verdict on the challenge to the arrest is already reserved, Kejriwal's plea for an extension of interim bail is unrelated to the main petition. As the top court allowed him to move to trial court for regular bail, this application is not maintainable. Notably, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief had got interim bail from Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta on May 10 and was asked to surrender to Tihar jail on June 2.
