He Can Sign All Files, Except…”: Abhishek Singhvi On Arvind Kejriwal Bail

New Delhi: 

Welcoming the bail given to Arvind Kejriwal, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi has said that his client is the Delhi chief minister and no power, except the elected government or President’s rule, can change that status. 

Speaking exclusively to NDTV on Friday, Mr Singhvi, who is also a Rajya Sabha MP and a Congress leader, claimed that the AAP chief can also sign all files, except those pertaining to the liquor policy case under which he was arrested. 

Emphasising that the relief given to Mr Kejriwal by the Supreme Court was a “well-deserved release”, Mr Singhvi said that both judges on the bench – Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan – were unanimous on the fact that he deserved to be released on bail. 

Mr Singhvi has repeatedly called the arrest by the CBI, which came after Mr Kejriwal was granted bail by a trial court in the case filed by the Enforcement Directorate, an “insurance arrest” and he reiterated on Friday that the agency should not have arrested him. 

To a question on the judges disagreeing on the illegality of the arrest by the CBI, Mr Singhvi said there are several nuances to that which need to be considered and added that the issue would not go to a larger bench.

“It does not technically go to a larger bench for an interesting reason – both judges have agreed on the result, which is release. So, on a question of law, they could or could not have referred it (the matter to a larger bench) and they haven’t. We’ll see what happens after that,” he said.