New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, and 21 others were acquitted on Friday by a city court in the high-profile state excise policy case. Delhi’s Rouse Court Avenue Court judgment came after a nearly two-year-long legal battle that had dominated headlines and influenced the national capital’s political climate.The court verdict has elicited sharp political reactions with opposition parties accusing the ruling Bharatiya…
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New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Friday criticised the AAP celebrations over the judgment of a Delhi Special Court offering a reprieve to Arvind Kejriwal in the “liquor policy scam”, accusing the accused of destroying SIM cards and other evidence.The court’s decision is based on the technical ground of “lack of evidence” and in no way amounts to a “clean chit” to Kejriwal, said Sachdeva.He added that the investigating agency has repeatedly maintaine…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The Rouse Avenue Court in the national capital on Friday discharged AAP national Convenor Arvind Kejriwal and his closest aide Manish Sisodia, along with 23 others in the excise policy case, also called liquor policy scam, clearing them of charges of alleged corruption and wrongdoing, stating that there was “no overarching conspiracy or criminal intent”. Kejriwal and Sisodia’s acquittal in the case comes despite their incarceration for months in the case and, as ex…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The CBI will submit an appeal to the High Court challenging the order issued by the Rouse Avenue court on Friday, which acquitted former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, along with others, in connection with the 2022 Delhi excise policy case. The agency added that several aspects of the investigation were either ignored or not adequately considered in the trial court’s judgment.The CBI had registered an FIR on August 17, 2022, against…