{"id":348841,"date":"2024-05-27T01:57:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T07:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=348841"},"modified":"2024-05-27T01:57:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T07:27:27","slug":"delhi-cm-kejriwal-petitions-sc-seeking-7-day-extension-of-interim-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/delhi-cm-kejriwal-petitions-sc-seeking-7-day-extension-of-interim-bail\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi CM Kejriwal petitions SC seeking 7-day extension of interim bail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/05\/CM-Kejriwal-petitions-SC-seeking-7-day-extension-of-interim-bail-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-348842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/05\/CM-Kejriwal-petitions-SC-seeking-7-day-extension-of-interim-bail-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/05\/CM-Kejriwal-petitions-SC-seeking-7-day-extension-of-interim-bail-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New Delhi:\u00a0 Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has filed an application before the Supreme Court seeking a seven-day extension of interim bail to undergo medical examinations, including a PET-CT scan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top court had ordered the release of CM Kejriwal on interim bail in the money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam case till June 1 and directed him to surrender on June 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the Aam Aadmi Party, CM Kejriwal&#8217;s health has deteriorated since he was arrested in the alleged Delhi excise scam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The party has said that he has lost 7 kg in weight after his arrest and his Ketone levels are also very high indicating a serious medical disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The party has further said that the CM was required to do medical tests and seven days were needed for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Supreme Court on May 17 had reserved its verdict on CM Kejriwal\u2019s petition challenging his arrest and subsequent remand by the federal anti-money laundering agency in the excise policy case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said he could approach the trial court for a grant of regular bail notwithstanding the fact that the apex court reserved judgment in the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the hearing, a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said that its \u201cvery clear\u201d order had fixed the timeline of CM Kejriwal\u2019s \u201crelease and surrender&#8221; and was not making any exception to anybody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) last week moved an application before a Delhi court seeking a 14-day extension of judicial custody of the AAP supremo upon the expiry of the SC interim bail order on June 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi:\u00a0 Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has filed an application before the Supreme Court seeking a seven-day extension of interim bail to undergo medical examinations, including a PET-CT scan. The top court had ordered the release of CM Kejriwal on interim bail in the money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":348842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1801],"tags":[15589,18219,15564],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348843,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348841\/revisions\/348843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/348842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}