The Delhi High Court had on July 1 rejected the bail pleas filed by BRS leader, leading to the instant appeals before the apex court, filed through advocate P Mohith Rao.

Kavitha was arrested by the ED on March 15 from Hyderabad. Subsequently, the CBI took her into custody on April 11.

The CBI and the ED have claimed that she was involved in the exchange of bribes and the laundering of money in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy.

The trial court rejected K Kavitha's bail plea in both the CBI and ED cases on May 6.h

The case against Kavitha and others originated in 2022 when a First Information Report (FIR) was registered by the CBI alleging that the Delhi Excise Policy of 2021-22 was manipulated to facilitate monopolisation and cartelisation of wholesale and retail liquor trade in Delhi.

As per the CBI and ED, certain persons/groups from South India benefited in the process and some amount of their profits was given to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which used the same to campaign for the Goa assembly elections.

Kavitha is one of  in the case. The other accused include Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and AAP leaders such as Sanjay Singh () and Manish Sisodia ().

The AAP itself has also been made an accused in the case.