It is a reminder of the fundamental salience of due process —much needed when central agencies are weaponised by the ruling party on a witchhunt against political opponents. For the AAP, allegations of corruption were especially fraught, given that it was born in the throes of the Anna Hazare-led movement. The court has now called a halt to this saga, and sent an unequivocal message: Not without due process. It points to the holes in the case because of lack of seizures or financial trail. “A procedure which permits prolonged or indefinite incarceration on the basis of a provisional and untested allegation… risks degenerating into a punitive process rather than a regulatory or investigative one,” it says.

Source: Indian Express February 28, 2026 07:22 UTC