Delhi excise policy case: SC seeks response of ED, CBI on interim bail pleas of AAP leader Manish Sisodia

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate on a bail plea filed by Delhi's former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the excise policy case.

Taking note of the condition of Sisodia's wife, a bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna, Bela Trivedi and Ujjal Bhuyan said it would take up the interim plea for medical bail on July 28.

The Delhi High court had on July 3 dismissed his bail plea in the money laundering case filed by ED. On May 30, the high court had turned down Sisodia's bail plea in the CBI case.


The high court had ruled on July 3 that accusations against Sisodia were serious and the matter should be visited with a different approach because ED had alleged a deep-rooted conspiracy and a huge loss of public exchequer.

Sisodia has repeatedly denied all accusations and maintained that no money has been traced to him. He has alleged that probe agencies are re-evaluating a liquor policy that was formulated by the elected government and approved by the lieutenant governor of Delhi.

ED in its recent charge sheet alleged that AAP's communications in-charge Vijay Nair "received kickbacks" of over ₹100 crore on behalf of AAP from a group comprising YSRCP MP Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, his son Raghav Magunta, Aurobindo Pharma director P Sarath Chandra Reddy, and Telangana chief minister KCR's daughter Kavitha Kalvakuntla. AAP "used the money" to fund its Goa campaign, the ED had alleged.