Arvind Kejriwal Moves Supreme Court to Transfer Excise Case from Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma

Arvind Kejriwal has approached the Supreme Court after the Delhi High Court Chief Justice rejected his administrative request to transfer the excise policy case.

Filing under Article 32, Kejriwal expressed "reasonable apprehension" of bias, arguing that Justice Sharma’s recent stay on his discharge order and her direction to defer PMLA proceedings, despite the ED not being a party, showed a lack of judicial detachment.

He further noted that the Supreme Court had previously set aside several of Justice Sharma's judgments in related excise matters.

The move follows Delhi High Court Chief Justice’s March 13 ruling that any decision on recusal must be taken by the judge herself.