New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking de-registration of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and disqualification of its leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, and Durgesh Pathak from contesting elections over their refusal to participate in proceedings before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma in the excise policy case.A Division Bench of Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia termed the plea, filed by Satish Kumar Aggarw…
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New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued fresh notices to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, ex-Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and party leader Durgesh Pathak in a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging their discharge in the alleged excise policy corruption case. During the hearing, a single-judge Bench of Justice Manoj Jain observed that several respondents had failed to appear or file their responses despite repeated listings…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notices to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, ex-Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh and other party leaders in criminal contempt proceedings initiated over alleged attempts to scandalise the judiciary in connection with the excise policy case. In its order, a Division Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja recorded that the contempt proceedings had been i…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has constituted a new Bench to hear the CBI’s plea challenging the discharge of AAP leaders, including former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and ex-Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, in the excise policy case, after Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma recused from the matter following initiation of criminal contempt proceedings.A single-judge Bench of Justice Manoj Jain will now hear the CBI’s revision petition against the trial court order that had discharged K…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday initiated criminal contempt proceedings against former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and several other AAP leaders, holding that a “coordinated campaign” had been carried out to scandalise the judiciary in connection with proceedings related to the excise policy case.Passing a detailed order, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said the social media posts, videos and public statements made against her after she refused to recuse from …
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday said it would initiate contempt proceedings after “extremely vilifying and defamatory” material was allegedly circulated against Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma in connection with the hearing of the excise policy case involving AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and others.A single-judge Bench of Justice Sharma made the remarks while hearing a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging a trial court or…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government of being negligent towards incidents of “paper leaks” in the NEET-UG 2026 and claimed that those responsible for such misdeeds are “let off immediately”.His reaction came in response to the National Testing Agency (NTA) cancelling the NEET-UG 2026 examination conducted on May 3.It announced that the examination would b…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday adjourned the hearing on a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the discharge of AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and others in the alleged excise policy corruption case, saying that it was awaiting consent from certain counsel proposed to be appointed as amici curiae. A single-judge bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma deferred the matter to May 11, observing that the court was waiting for cert…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said it will appoint three senior advocates as amici curiae to represent AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, and Durgesh Pathak, who have chosen to abstain from participating in proceedings linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy case. A single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma flagged the absence of representation for the three leaders during the hearing of a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) petition challenging…
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the issuance of a fresh notice to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging his acquittal in complaint cases related to alleged non-compliance with summons in the excise policy money laundering matter.During the hearing, a single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma noted that, as per the registry’s report, the earl…