Why the Supreme Court criticised the delay in bail for Opposition leaders in Delhi liquor case https://scroll.in/article/1072728/how-the-supreme-court-criticised-ed-and-lower-courts-in-kejriwal-sisodia-kavitha-bail-orders The court rejected the claims of the central agency and took lower courts to task for refusing bail to Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and K Kavitha.
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Sep 03, 2024 The Bharatiya Janata Party-run Central government accused the Delhi government of tailoring the policy to suit a select group of businessmen and giving them licences in exchange for kickbacks. In July 2022, the Central Bureau of Investigation launched an inquiry into alleged financial irregularities and corruption in the liquor licence regime...
ED argued that making arrests was part of its investigative powers. It contended that judicial scrutiny of such arrests would interfere with its investigations.