Cannot hear Manish Sisodia’s bail pleas until his curative petition is disposed of: Delhi court

The Rouse Court recently said that it cannot hear the bail pleas of AAP leader Manish Sisodia as his curative petition is pending before the Supreme Court.

Former Deputy CM Sisodia has sought regular bail in Delhi Excise Policy cases of the CBI and Enforcement Directorate; however, his curative petition against the dismissal of his bail petition by the apex is pending before the Supreme Court.

Special Judge MK Nagpal held that the court cannot hear the pleas for regular bail of the accused in these cases until the curative petition filed by him is disposed of by the Supreme Court.

“Hence, these bail applications are now directed to be listed at 2 pm on March 2, 2024, which is the date fixed in the main case of ED, awaiting the outcome of the curative petition,” the court said in the order of February 21, 2023.

The Court observed, “There is no dispute with regard to the legal proposition that a review or curative petition is to be preferred and limited only to the grounds which were taken in the applications or petitions from which the review or curative petition has arisen.”