New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Delhi ministers hit out at former Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday for allegedly showing a lack of trust in the judiciary and expressing fears of bias against a High Court judge in connection with the Delhi liquor policy corruption case.The sharp reactions came after Kejriwal announced a ‘Satyagraha’ — invoking Mahatma Gandhi’s tradition of non-violent protest — against what he described as a biased judicial process in th…
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New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Justice Lokpal Singh, a former judge of the Uttarakhand High Court, on Monday reacted strongly to a letter penned by Arvind Kejriwal to Delhi High Court judge Swarana Kanta Sharma, in which the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor stated that he would neither appear before her personally nor be represented by legal counsel in proceedings related to the Delhi Excise Policy case.In his communication, Kejriwal said that he has lost hope of getting justice from the judg…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Delhi BJP President, Virendra Sachdeva, has criticised Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal for writing another letter to Delhi High Court’s Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, stating that the move reflects a lack of respect and trust in the judiciary. This comes as Arvind Kejriwal has written to the Delhi High Court’s Justice Sharma, stating that he will neither appear before her in person nor through legal counsel in proceedings linked to the allege…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has opposed the additional affidavit filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal in support of his plea seeking recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma from hearing the Delhi excise policy case, terming it a “belated afterthought” aimed at maligning institutions and exerting pressure on the judiciary. In written submissions filed before the Delhi High Court, the Central probe agency contended that K…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has opposed the recusal pleas filed by several accused, including AAP Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, who sought the withdrawal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma from hearing the Delhi excise policy case, describing the applications as “frivolous, baseless, and contumacious”. In a detailed reply filed before the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, the central probe agency contended that the allegations are “wholly vexatious” and amount to an…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on a recusal application filed by AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, who appeared in person and sought that the matter relating to the alleged excise policy case be heard by a Bench other than that of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. The development came during the hearing of a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging a trial court order discharging Kejriwal, former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sis…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal and several other accused in the alleged Delhi excise policy case has moved a recusal application before the Delhi High Court, seeking that the matter be heard by a Bench other than that of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. Sources indicated that former Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal is likely to appear in person before the Delhi High Court on Monday to advance arguments in support of the plea seeking recusal. The devel…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal has submitted a representation to the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court seeking the transfer of the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) revision petition in the Delhi excise policy case from the Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.In his representation, former Delhi CM Kejriwal requested Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya – who is the master of the roster -that the case be reassigned to a different Bench of the Delhi …
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Calling it a setback to Arvind Kejriwal and the AAP, Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood on Monday said that the Delhi High Court has granted an interim stay on a lower court order that had directed departmental action against a CBI officer involved in the investigation of the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy case.He said during the hearing, the High Court stayed the order concerned and paused further proceedings for the time being.Sood launched a strong attack on the …
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court is slated to hear next week a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging a trial court order discharging AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and 21 others in the 2022 Delhi excise policy case.As per the causelist published on the official website of the Delhi HC, the matter is listed before a single-judge Bench of Justice Swarnakanta Sharma on March 9. The CBI has moved a crimin…