The Delhi High Court on Monday sought responses from former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and 21 others on a CBI petition challenging their discharge in the liquor policy case by a trial court. He argued that the trial court’s decision to discharge Kejriwal and Sisodia in the excise policy case was perverse and “turned the criminal law on its head”. Calling the excise policy case “one of the biggest scams and clear case of corruption,” Mehta alleged that the trial court effectively passed an order of acquittal in favour of Kejriwal, Sisodia and others without a trial. According to Mehta, there was sufficient material against Kejriwal, Sisodia and the other accused to frame charges, and the CBI’s case was backed by approvers and witnesses. The CBI has been investigating alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped excise policy introduced by the erstwhile AAP government in Delhi.

Source: The Telegraph March 09, 2026 06:41 UTC