New Delhi: Supreme Court on Friday adjourned Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s petition challenging his arrest by the CBI in the Delhi excise policy case. The next hearing will be held on September 5.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan posted the matter on September 5 for hearing.
At the outset of the hearing, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju sought time to file a counter-affidavit in one of Kejriwal’s petitions. He submitted that CBI’s counter-affidavit has been filed in the other petition. Senior Advocate Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, on the other hand, submitted that one counter-affidavit was filed yesterday night at 8 PM with a deliberate design that the same does not reach the bench.
Granting time to the CBI for filing a counter-affidavit, and to Kejriwal to file a rejoinder (if any), the bench posted the matter to September 5.
