Excise policy case: Delhi High Court judge Swarana K. Sharma refuses to recuse, rejects Kejriwal's plea

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“This tribunal volition basal up for itself and the institution.... I volition not recuse,” Delhi High Court Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu

Delhi High Court justice Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma connected Monday (April 20, 2026) rejected erstwhile CM Arvind Kejriwal’s recusal plea successful liquor argumentation case, saying that, “justice is not achieved by bowing to pressure”.

In the pronouncement that lasted for much than an hour, Justice Sharma said a litigant cannot beryllium allowed to justice a justice without immoderate material, and judges cannot recuse themselves to fulfill a litigant’s unfounded apprehension of bias.

Published - April 20, 2026 08:28 p.m. IST

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