The top court on August 23 allowed the CBI to file its counter affidavit in the matter and gave two days to Kejriwal to file a rejoinder.Kejriwal has filed two separate petitions challenging the denial of bail and against his arrest by the CBI.He has challenged the August 5 order of the Delhi High Court upholding his arrest, which said there was no malice in the act by the CBI which was able to demonstrate how the AAP supremo could influence witnesses.The high court had asked him to move trial court for regular bail in the case.On August 14, the SC refused to grant interim bail to Kejriwal and sought a CBI response.The excise policy was scrapped in 2022 after the Delhi lieutenant governor ordered a CBI probe into alleged irregularities and corruption involving its formulation and execution.According to the CBI and the ED, irregularities were committed while modifying the excise policy and undue favours extended to licence holders.
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