Liquor policy case: Delhi HC judge rejects Arvind Kejriwal’s plea seeking her recusal
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Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on Monday rejected the plea filed by Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal and others seeking that she recuse herself from hearing the Central Bureau of Investigation’s challenge to their discharge in the Delhi liquor policy case, Live Law reported.
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Sharma had reserved her verdict in the case on April 13.
In her judgement on Monday, she said that she would decide the main case “without being affected by the recusal application”, Bar and Bench reported.
“Recusal would not be prudence but abdication of duty,” Sharma was quoted as saying. “It would be an act of surrender.”
She also said that the application before her amounted to putting “the institution of judiciary on trial”, adding that the “strength of judiciary lies in its strong resolve to decide the accusations”.
The main CBI case has been listed for further hearing on April 29, after Sharma said that some respondents had not filed their replies yet.
On April 14, Kejriwal had filed a fresh affidavit before the court seeking the judge’s recusal from the case. The former Delhi chief minister’s affidavit had stated that the judge’s son and daughter have been empanelled as counsels by the Centre.
Kejriwal had highlighted that they are both allocated cases by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who is appearing before the court representing the CBI.
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