On Friday morning, the Supreme Court granted bail to former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, months after his initial arrest by the CBI in connection with the alleged liquor policy case. Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan emphasized the need for a "speedy trial," stating it would be a "travesty of justice" to return Sisodia to a trial court after such a prolonged period of incarceration.

Justice Gavai highlighted that the trial had not yet begun and that Sisodia had been deprived of his right to a prompt trial. He noted that both the trial court and the High Court should have given more consideration to this delay.

On Supreme Court grants bail to AAP leader Manish Sisodia in the excise policy irregularities case, Advocate representing Manish Sisodia, Rishikesh Kumar says, "The court has said that if you have the evidence then there is no case of tampering. If you have kept him in jail for so long, it's against the principles of bail. Be it the case of ED or section 45, the cardinal rule of bail is applied there. And keeping this in mind, that Manish Sisodia has already been in jail for 17 months, the Supreme Court dismissed all the pleas of ED and granted him bail. The Court has also said that the statement of ED in court that trial will end in 6-8 months, it doesn't seem it will...".