The Supreme Court today, August 4 deferred the hearing on the interim bail plea of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia till the 4th of September in two Delhi excise policy cases being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED).  Mr. Sisodia had filed a petition for interim bail, citing the medical condition of his wife as a reason for his release.

A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti said that the apex court will consider the interim bail pleas of the former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi alongside his regular bail pleas in the cases. On the 14th of July, the top court sought responses of the CBI and the ED on the interim bail pleas of Sisodia in the cases. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, who is facing charges of money laundering and corruption for alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of a now-scrapped liquor policy in the national capital, has been in custody since February of this year.