<table style="text-align: left; float: left; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://static.gujaratsamachar.com/content_image/content_image_228b9a0f-fff3-4c2d-ac90-c967f70dde09.jpeg" data-filename="2024051203.jpg" style="width: 100%;"></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="display: flex;justify-content: center;scale: 0.8;">Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (Source: IANS)</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><p style="text-align: left;">The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea seeking the removal of Arvind Kejriwal from the post of chief minister of Delhi.&nbsp;<br></p><p style="text-align: left;">“What is the legal right? Why should we go into all this? LG may take action if he wants to,” observed a bench presided over by Justice Sanjiv Khanna.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Dismissing the special leave petition, the Bench, also comprising Justice Dipankar Datta, refused to interfere with the decision of the Delhi High Court rejecting similar pleas.</p><p style="text-align: left;">On May 10, the apex court ordered CM Kejriwal to be released on interim bail in the excise policy case till June 1.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Earlier, the Delhi HC had dismissed similar public interest litigations (PILs) seeking Kejriwal’s removal from the CM post at three different occasions.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The high court had imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Sandeep Kumar for filing a "publicity interest petition" and criticised him for attempting to politicise judicial proceedings.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br></p><p style="text-align: left;">(This story was taken from a syndicated feed, and edited only for style by <i>Gujarat Samachar Digital </i>staff)</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Also read:</i></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://english.gujaratsamachar.com/news/national/cm-arvind-kejriwal-freed-from-tihar-after-40-days-judicial-custody" target="_blank"><i>CM Arvind Kejriwal freed from Tihar after 40 days judicial custody</i></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="color: rgb(51, 122, 183);"><a href="https://english.gujaratsamachar.com/news/national/arvind-kejriwal-announces-10-guarantees-amid-ongoing-lok-sabha-polls" target="_blank">Arvind Kejriwal announces 10 ‘guarantees’ amid ongoing LS polls</a></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div></p>

The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea seeking the removal of Arvind Kejriwal from the post of chief minister of Delhi.

SC dismisses plea seeking removal of Kejriwal from CM’s post

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