Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal and senior party leader Manish Sisodia have moved the Supreme Court after their request to transfer the CBI plea against their discharge in the excise policy case to another Delhi High Court judge was rejected, the party said on Sunday. Delhi High Court Chief Justice D. K. Upadhyaya declined the request by former Delhi chief minister Kejriwal and other accused to transfer the case from the bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. ADVERTISEMENTSources said Justice Upadhyaya noted that Justice Sharma was hearing the CBI’s petition against the trial court’s order as per the roster and there was no reason to order a transfer on the administrative side. On March 11, Kejriwal and Sisodia, along with other accused in the excise policy case, submitted a representation to Chief Justice Upadhyaya seeking the transfer of the CBI’s plea against their discharge by a CBI court from Justice Sharma to another "impartial" judge. The CBI had approached the High Court against the discharge of Kejriwal and other accused in the excise policy case.
