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This comes a day after a Delhi court turned down the application moved by incarcerated Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking permission to consult a private doctor.
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Kejriwal approached the Supreme Court after the Delhi High Court dismissed his petition challenging his arrest and the trial court's decision to remand him to the custody of the federal anti-money laundering agency
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"This inhuman act has been done just to humiliate and discourage the CM," says Sanjay Singh
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A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud instructed senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, representing CM Kejriwal, to send an email after he mentioned the matter for urgent hearing.
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He also warned the AAP leaders against inviting contempt of court as the Delhi excise policy case, in connection with which Kejriwal was arrested, is pending in court.
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The ED had approached "informally" to Apple to help unlock the device, as per reports.
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Kejriwal, the AAP's national convenor, was arrested on March 21 and subsequently remanded in Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody.
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He appeared before Special Judge Kaweri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Court as his Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody expired, linked to the alleged excise policy scam money laundering case.
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The investigative agency is scrutinizing the authenticity and origin of the alleged directives purportedly issued by CM Kejriwal to his ministerial colleagues Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj.
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During the protest, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Amit Patkar alleged that the government machinery is now above the Election Commission under the BJP-led NDA.
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Led by the party's organisational secretary, Sandeep Pathak, the meeting, which will start shortly, aims to address critical issues and strategise the way forward for the party, said AAP sources.
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Addressing a press conference, Atishi said the directions, received late on Saturday, brought tears to her eyes with Kejriwal showing concern for the people of Delhi despite his own plight.
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Commenting on the alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram project, he criticised the Congress government for not ordering a CBI probe into the allegations.
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CM Kejriwal's legal team said that his plea in Delhi HC stated that both the arrest and the remand order are 'illegal' and he is entitled to be released from custody immediately.
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Notably, she made here first ever public statement regarding the Aam Aadmi Party supremo's arrest in excise policy case.
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While senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan said there is no bar in law on a person continuing as chief minister once arrested, senior advocate Vikas Singh said though legally there is no bar, administratively it will be next to impossible.
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The ED told Judge Baweja that Kejriwal received several crores of rupees as kickbacks from the 'South group' for formulating and implementing the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22.
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The party said key leaders like Arvind Kejriwal and K Kavitha from various parties have been arrested ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, clearly indicates the BJP's political motives to gain mileage.
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The plea stated that Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday in the money laundering case related to the alleged liquor policy
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The special CBI judge Kaveri Baweja's bench will hear the matter. Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi is representing the Delhi CM