New Delhi, March 16 -- Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has approached the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Delhi High Court Chief Justice declining his request to transfer the excise policy case from Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma to another judge. The petition also challenges Justice Sharma's March 9 order which stayed a trial court direction seeking an inquiry against a CBI officer who investigated the case.
Kejriwal has invoked Article 32 of the Constitution to question the administrative decision taken by Delhi High Court Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya on March 13, rejecting his request for transfer of the matter from Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. The High Court registry had informed Kejriwal that the cas...