Surviving Judicial Scrutiny
On 27 February 2026, a Special Court at Rouse Avenue in New Delhi discharged all 23 accused in the CBI’s prosecution concerning the Delhi Excise Policy.
On 27 February 2026, a Special Court at Rouse Avenue in New Delhi discharged all 23 accused in the CBI’s prosecution concerning the Delhi Excise Policy.
While the Congress, AAP’s on-and-off ally in the INDIA bloc, alleged a BJP hand behind the acquittal, the saffron party maintained that the lower court’s ruling was not the end of Kejriwal’s troubles, saying "the legal battle is far from over".
Welcoming the Supreme Court's decision to grant bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi excise policy case, Delhi Minister Gopal Rai, in a veiled attack on the BJP, said on Friday that "no matter how strong dictatorship is, it has to lose one day."
Noting that Nair is in jail for the last 23 months, a bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice SVN Bhatti said, “The universal proposition of bail being the rule and jail being the exception will be entirely defeated if the petitioner is kept in custody as an under trial for a long duration.”
Justice B R Gavai, heading a bench also comprising Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice K V Viswanathan, issued the notice seeking reply from the CBI and the ED as court was told that Sisodia is in incarceration for the last 16 months.
Delhi Minister and AAP leader Atishi said on Monday that they have resolved not to play with colours and celebrate Holi this year and appealed to the countrymen to join them in the fight against cruelty and evil.
The summons comes close on the heels of former Deputy CM of Delhi and senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia's arrest by CBI in the case.
SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia described Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia as the architect of Punjab's new excise policy.
Kejriwal said, "MCD elections are becoming quite clear, it's BJP's 10 videos versus Kejriwal's 10 guarantees. Let's wait till December 4, people of Delhi will give a reply to all those videos."
Meanwhile, a team of the ED officials had also reached Tihar Jail to interrogate Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain in connection with an alleged money laundering case pertaining to the excise policy, the sources said.
