The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected former AAP leader and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s curative petition challenging the top court’s decision to reject his bail plea in liquor policy scam case.
According to a report by LiveLaw, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai and SVN Bhatti dismissed the curative petitions observing that “no case is made out”.
“We have gone through the Curative Petitions and the connected documents. In our opinion, no case is made out within the parameters indicated in the decision of this Court in Rupa Ashok Hurra vs Ashok Hurra,” the bench observed.
The curative pleas sought bail for the AAP leader in connection with the Delhi liquor policy scam, where he is facing charges registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Directorate of Enforcement (ED).
Meanwhile, a Delhi court on Tuesday extended Sisodia’s judicial custody till March 22 after he was produced before the court on the expiry of his remand.
In December 2023, the Supreme Court had dismissed Sisodia’s pleas seeking a review of its October 30 verdict dismissing his bail petitions in the money laundering cases related to the alleged irregularities in the Delhi excise policy.
Manish Sisodia was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in February 2023 for his alleged role in the Delhi excise policy scam. Later, he was arrested by ED in connection with a money-laundering case stemming from the CBI FIR on March 9, 2023, after being questioned by the probe agency in Tihar Jail.
Manish Sisodia resigned from the Delhi cabinet on February 28, 2023.
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