Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that he will not appear in person or through a lawyer before a Delhi High Court bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.
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The judge is hearing the Central Bureau of Investigation’s challenge to him and several others being discharged in the Delhi liquor policy case.
Kejriwal said that he has written to the judge to inform her about his decision. He added that he will reserve his right to challenge in the Supreme Court the verdict given by Sharma in the case.
Kejriwal’s contentions
The former Delhi chief minister’s comments came a week after Sharma on April 20 rejected his plea that she recuse herself from hearing the case.
During the hearings, Kejriwal had raised concerns about “perceived ideological proximity”, referring to Sharma attending an event of an organisation linked to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. The RSS is the parent organisation of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
He had also argued before Sharma that she had repeatedly passed orders in favour of the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate in the liquor policy case.
On April 14, the Aam Aadmi Party leader filed a fresh affidavit before the court seeking Sharma’s recusal. He had contended that the judge’s children had been empanelled as counsels by the Union government.
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