DELHI HIGH COURT PERMITS ARVIND KEJRIWAL TWO ADDITIONAL MEETINGS WITH LAWYERS, SAYS 'SPECIAL SITUATIONS CALL FOR SPECIAL REMEDIES'

The Delhi High Court in the case Arvind Kejriwal v. Dept of Delhi Prisons & Anr. observed and has allowed the petition filed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is in judicial custody in the alleged liquor policy scam, for granting two additional meetings with his lawyers through virtual conferencing in a week.

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The bench headed by Justice Neena Bansal Krishna in the case stated that it is held that in recognition of fundamental right of fair trial and effective legal representation, the petitioner be granted two additional legal meetings with the Counsel through video conferencing in a week, till the time he is being confined to Jail.

The court stated that it cannot be ignored that similar relief of additional legal meetings has been allowed to coaccused Sanjay Singh in the matter.

In the present case, the Kejriwal filed the petition in the money laundering case. Kejriwal is also in judicial custody in the CBI case.

Arvind Kejriwal sought the relief which being on the ground that he is embroiled in more than 30 cases in various States. Kejriwal claimed that that even though he has been granted interim bail in the money laundering case by the Supreme Court, his relief has not become infructuous as Kejriwal still continues to be in custody in other matters.