Delhi Excise Policy scam: SC to hear Manish Sisodia’s bail plea at 3.50 pm today
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28 February, 2023 11:32 am IST
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Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday challenging his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the alleged Delhi Excise Policy scam.
Sisodia's lawyer Abhishek Singhvi, asked why they did not go to the high court instead before coming to the Supreme Court directly. Singhvi cited the Supreme Court's judgment in the Vinod Dua case as the reason why Sisodia has approached the Supreme Court. After this, Chief Justice Chandrachud said they will hear the matter at 3:50 pm.
The Supreme Court in June 2021 cancelled a sedition case against journalist Vinod Dua over his criticism of the centre's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dua had come to the Supreme Court directly.
A Delhi court on Monday sent Sisodia to five-day custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Delhi liquor policy case. The central agency told the city court it needs time to question him over alleged corruption in making the new liquor policy, which was scrapped after Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena flagged it.
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