The Supreme Court said on Friday, May 3, that it may need to consider the issue of interim bail for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal due to the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The apex court will hear Kejriwal's plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on May 7.
Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the ED, said that the hearing on Kejriwal's plea against arrest is likely to take time, and therefore, the court was considering hearing the probe agency on interim bail for him.
The ED said that the apex court's observation would be blown out of proportion and claimed that Kejriwal has not even applied for interim bail.
Raju said he will be opposing interim bail for Kejriwal. "We are saying we will hear on interim bail and not saying we will grant interim bail. We may or may not grant interim bail," the bench said.
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