AAP leaders move SC after DCJ rejects request
Former Delhi CM and Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal, along with senior leader Manish Sisodia, have approached the Supreme Court seeking transfer of a CBI appeal regarding their discharge in an alleged liquor policy violation. This legal action follows the refusal by Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya to move proceedings from Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma's bench at Delhi High Court following Kejriwal and others' plea on Sunday morning sources confirmed that DCJ rejected transfer request while AAP leaders sought alternative judge for CBI appeal against their discharge in excise policy case
Key Points
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1Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia approached the Supreme Court seeking a case transfer after their Delhi High Court plea was rejected.
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2The request to move proceedings from Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma's bench involved transferring an appeal against discharge in the excise policy case, which Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya declined on March 15.
Developments
The Supreme Court has rejected Arvind Kejriwal's petition challenging the High Chief Justice decision not to transfer a CBI liquor enforcement matter. Consequently, CJ Swarana Katiyar will continue handling this specific charge against Kejriwal and others in Delhi instead of moving it elsewhere as requested by his legal team at SC
Delhi High Court Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya declined a request by Arvind Kejriwal and others to shift CBI's plea regarding their discharge in the excise policy case from Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma, citing adherence to judicial rosters as sufficient grounds for no transfer order on administrative lines according to sources privy to developments published March 15.