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Arvind Kejriwal to skip Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma’s court: No contempt, path to Supreme Court open, legal experts say

The Indian Express·Vineet Upadhyay·about 1 month ago
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Arvind Kejriwal news: Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ’s on Monday wrote a letter to Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma of the Delhi High Court after the judge dismissed his plea on April 20 seeking her recusal from Delhi excise policy case. In his four-page letter to the court, Kejriwal said he had lost faith in receiving justice from the bench and conveyed that he would neither appear in person nor be represented through counsel. Shortly after, in an over-nine-minute video message posted on X (formerly Twitter) , he reiterated that he would move the Supreme Court against the refusal to recuse. His public statement expressing a lack of faith in the proceedings, coupled with his refusal to appear, raises a key question: when does protest against a court’s order begin to look like contempt? Arvind Kejriwal’s remedy would be to challenge the order of the high court in the Supreme Court, which is the correct remedy, said Senior Advocate Sidharth Luthra.…

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