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TopicAAP excise policy

Topic: AAP excise policy

Excise Policy or the Delhi Government Excise policy was introduced in November 2021 by the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government. It aimed at modernizing alcohol sales in the city by allowing the setting up of a large number of private retail stores selling alcohol.

Within a year of the introduction of the policy, discrepancies were reported. Delhi’s Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar reported a breach in the policy to Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Vinai Kumar Saxena, who then requested a CBI inquiry. It was alleged that the policy had loopholes that allowed for violations such as preferential treatment, discounts, license fee waivers, and relief during pandemic disruptions in exchange for kickbacks to the AAP politicians. The ED has arrested several AAP leaders, including Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia.

After CBI, now ED seeks expunction of trial court’s remarks while discharging Kejriwal. What HC said

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How Delhi HC dealt with CBI challenge to trial court order discharging Kejriwal, Sisodia

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Delhi L-G approves prosecution of Arvind Kejriwal in excise policy case ahead of 2025 assembly polls

Mayank Kumar -
This move comes after months of investigations into the Delhi government's excise policy, which has been at the center of controversy and allegations of corruption.

‘Issue of liberty’: SC grants bail to Kejriwal in liquor policy case, deems CBI custody ‘unjustified’

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Kejriwal is set to walk out of jail as he had been granted interim bail in July in the money laundering case by ED. SC says CBI cannot continue detention citing ‘evasive replies’.

Manish Sisodia walks out of jail after 17 months, says ‘dream of Babasaheb has come true’

Mrinalini Dhyani -
Supreme Court Friday granted Delhi's former deputy CM Manish Sisodia bail in the ED & CBI cases lodged against him over alleged irregularities in the 2021-22 Delhi liquor policy.

Not ‘remotest possibility’ of trial concluding in near future — what SC said while giving Sisodia bail

Bhadra Sinha -
SC rejects CBI & ED's contention that Sisodia caused delay in trial, while reiterating well-established jurisprudence that ‘bail cannot be denied as a matter of punishment’.

Setback for Kejriwal, Delhi HC pauses bail till it decides ED’s plea for stay of trial court order

Apoorva Mandhani -
Prosecution argued it was not given fair opportunity to present its side, and that the trial court’s order had taken 'irrelevant' aspects into consideration to grant bail to Delhi CM.

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Ex-IRS officer who shunned politics, Sunita Kejriwal finds herself in new role after AAP upheaval

Mrinalini Dhyani -
With Delhi CM & AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal behind bars, his wife Sunita is now in the limelight. Former acquaintances describe her as ‘sincere, dedicated, compassionate & polite’.
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