Updated On: 03 September, 2024 07:20 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Supreme Court grants bail to Nair, Kumar; Amanatullah arrested by ED

Security personnel stand guard at the residence of Khan. Pic/PTI
In a relief to former AAP communication in-charge Vijay Nair, the Supreme Court on Monday granted him bail after nearly 23 months of incarceration in a money laundering case stemming from the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, observing that liberty is “sacrosanct” and needs to be respected in cases involving even stringent laws.
A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti also relied upon the legal principle of “bail is rule and jail is exception” referred to by a bench headed by Justice B R Gavai while granting bail to AAP leader and former deputy chief Minister Manish Sisodia and and BRS leader K Kavitha in the same case.