The Supreme Court of India released Arvind Kejriwal on interim bail till June 1, 2024 to permit him to campaign in the ongoing general elections. It is pertinent to note that Kejriwal has been granted interim bail purely for the purposes of campaigning, not on legal merits. He will be released amidst serious allegations, with the ED having filed a detailed charge sheet outlining all his illegal activities. However this order of the Supreme Court is not only erroneous but shocking for a number of reasons. Never before in history has interim bail ever been granted by the Court to permit someone for campaigning. Moreover, what makes this all the more intriguing is that Kejriwal is not even contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
In effect, what the Court has done today is carved out a special class for Kejriwal. This class is one that has not been defined and is swimming in the sea of arbitrariness. In effect, the Court has granted this interim because of the political stature that Kejriwal enjoys and by doing so it has turned Article 14 of the Constitution of India on its head. Why is that so ? In the eyes of law there will be no differentiation between a prince and a pauper. However, by granting interim bail, the Court has gone ahead and given way to this very distinction.

Today, a division bench of the Supreme Court refused to grant bail to Mr. Manish Sisodia. And, it reasoned that one aspect regarding the transfer of a sum of Rs 338 crores was tentatively established and hence the bail application came to be dismissed With this not only have the corrupt motives of Mr. Manish Sisodia but also that of the Aam Aamdi Party have come to be exposed at large.

The Supreme Court today delivered its much anticipated verdict on the #MaharashtraPoliticalCrisis. The SC has unanimously held that the the Governor was justified in inviting Mr. Shinde to form a Government with the support of the BJP (contd.) Mr. Thackeray’s resignation as CM even before undergoing the floor test, rendered the matter purposeless even before it began. The Court has observed that owing to Mr. Thackeray’s resignation, it is unable to restore status quo as it does not have the powers to undo a resignation

Senior Ministers of AAP held a press conference today with the sole purpose of misleading the public, so as to save face before their electorate. In doing so the party has un-shockingly stooped to a new low of misinterpreting Court orders. Senior Ministers have made a twisted reference to observations of the District Court allowing the bail application of Gautam Malhotra. They have brazenly announced that the Court has held that that the ED and CBI cases against AAP are “bogus”.

The fuss surrounding the release of #TheKeralaStory, is the latest revelation of hypocrisy by a predicted group of compulsive contrarians. Despite the desperate hoo-ha being created to stall its release, courts have stood firm. It is one thing that those objecting the release dishonestly routed their way to the Supreme Court by filing an application in an unconnected matter; but another thing that their submissions were (knowingly) in full ignorance of past precedents upholding free speech.