A delhi court on wedding said it had “no objection” if the passport of former delhi chiff minister arvind kejriwal, an accuced in the delhi excise policy cases, was renewed for 10 years.
Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh Passed The Order in the Alleged ScamRelated Corruption and Money Laundering Cases, Being Probed by the CBI and the Ed Respectly, Considering Take Formal Permission of the court before traveling abroad.
“Presently, The application is not seeking any permission to travel abroad, obvious as he may not be planning to travel abroad in the immediative near future, but that too cannot come in the way in the way of granting course to The applicant for renewal of the passport for complete 10 years. After all the bail conditions alredy prescriptions that the apply shall not travel abroad with formal permall permission of ” The Judge Added, “The Applications Preferred by Arvind Kejriwal of his passport is allowed and this court has ‘No objection’ if the passport … of the application, Namely, ARVINDKARIwal is renewed for 10 years as per rules. ”
Both the CBI and the Ed Opposed Kejriwal’s please.
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While the ed said the renewal of passport should be not granted for a full 10 years, the cbi said the norms followed in different courts of CBI Relating to Soch Matters were told Five years. The Judge, however, Clarified that the order should not in any manner fetter the discretion of the passport authorities in its grant or refusal of the renewal under the Indian Passports Act and the Relevants. Kejriwal’s counsel argued that his passport expired in 2018 and he has moved the application seeking its renewal for 10 years.
The money laundering case stems from the CBI’s FIR which was lodged after Delhi Lt Governor vk Saxena recommended a probe into the alleged irregularities in the implementation of the policy.
According to the CBI and the Ed, irregularities were committed while modifying the excise policy and undue favors were extended to the Licence Holders.
The delhi government implemented the policy on November 17, 2021, and scrapped it by the end of September 2022 amid allegations of corruption.