Aam Aadmi Party chief and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has approached the Supreme Court of India, challenging a Delhi High Court order that restrained him from making remarks against the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
In a petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution, Kejriwal alleged that the High Court’s order violates his fundamental rights. He has also challenged a decision by the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court rejecting his request for the matter to be transferred to another bench.
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Meanwhile, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma is scheduled to hear the CBI’s plea on Monday. The agency has moved the High Court challenging the release of Kejriwal, former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, and several others accused in the excise policy case.
Earlier, on March 11, Kejriwal and the other accused submitted a representation to the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, requesting that the case be reassigned to another “impartial” judge.
In their representation, Kejriwal stated that he had a “grave, bona fide, and reasonable apprehension” that the proceedings in the matter may not be conducted in a fully impartial and neutral manner.
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