Can Arvind Kejriwal continue to be CM while in custody?

Context: Arvind Kejriwal continuing to occupy public office (office of chief minister) while being in judicial custody.

• An MLA/MP does not suffer disqualification for merely being in judicial custody.
• However, Madras High court in Senthil Balaji case said that citizens expect that persons in power had high standards of moral conduct.

+1 advantage for mains(case law):

• Manoj Narula versus Union of India 2014: Supreme court declared three basic norms for holding a public office.
• Constitutional morality, that is, to avoid acting in a manner contradictory to the rule of law.
• Good governance,that the government has to rise above narrow private interests and aim at doing good for the larger public interest
• Constitutional trust that is, to uphold the high degree of morality attached to a public office.

Source: The Hindu