Delhi HC judge refuses to recuse herself from hearing CBI plea against discharge of Kejriwal in excise case

Delhi High Court justice Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma connected Monday rejected pleas by erstwhile Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others seeking her recusal from proceeding the excise argumentation case. The tribunal observed that “a justice cannot recuse to fulfill a litigant’s unfounded suspicion of bias and based connected manufactured allegations”.

Justice Sharma said she volition determine the main substance – successful which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has challenged the verdict of a proceedings tribunal discharging each the accused, including Mr. Kejriwal, successful the excise argumentation lawsuit – without being affected by the recusal applications.

Mr. Kejriwal and the different accused had moved an exertion seeking Justice Sharma’s recusal from the case. They argued that determination was a “direct struggle of interest” arsenic the judge’s children are empanelled Central authorities lawyers who person important enactment done the Solicitor General, who appeared for the CBI.