NEW DELHI, June 14:
A court here on Friday sought Tihar jail’s response on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s application seeking to allow his wife to join a medical board constituted to determine his health condition and treatment.
Additional Sessions Judge Mukesh Kumar directed the authorities concerned to file their reply in the matter by Saturday.
Kejriwal is lodged in Tihar jail after being arrested in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.
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The Judge, meanwhile, fixed June 19 for another plea of Kejriwal seeking regular bail in the case. The matter was adjourned after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sought time to file a reply in the matter.
The Delhi Chief Minister has filed a fresh application seeking his wife to be permitted to join the medical board through video conference.
“Application has been moved by the accused seeking directions to allow his wife to join the medical board. Before passing any order, I deem it appropriate to call for a reply from the Jail Superintendent concerned. The application be kept for tomorrow,” the Judge said.
During the proceedings, ED sought 10 days to file a reply to the bail application and requested the court to adjourn the matter till June 25.
The Judge, however, said he would consider the accused’s convenience for the next date of hearing, not the probe agency’s.
“The accused is in judicial custody (JC), and not in your (ED’s) custody. If he wants some convenience, you do not have any role in that. You have no role to play… He is in JC. I will consider his convenience, not yours,” the Judge said. (PTI)
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