Manish Sisodia
Supreme Court to hear Manish Sisodia's bail plea tomorrow
New Delhi/IBNS: The Suprme Court will hear senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia's bail plea in connection with Delhi's alleged liquor policy scam on Friday.
Multiple bail pleas of Sisodia, who was arrested in February, have been already turned down by the courts so far.
On Monday, a bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha had agreed to hear his appeal.
Sisodia had informed the court that his wife is seriously ill and hospitalise. He challenged the two High Court orders denying him bail.
Last week, Sisodia had gone to the top court seeking bail in the cases filed against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
The former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi has been named as an accused in the case filed in connection with the Delhi government's liquor policy of 2021 that was later scrapped. The 51-year-old is facing corruption allegations.
The CBI contends that liquor companies were involved in framing the excise policy, which would have led to a 12 per cent profit for the firms.
The agency alleged that a liquor lobby it dubbed the "South Group" had paid kickbacks for it. Of the proposed 12 per cent profit, six per cent was routed to public servants through middlemen, the agency claimed.
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