India
Arvind Kejriwal invokes ‘Gandhi ji’s Satyagraha' as Delhi HC refers excise policy case to Chief Justice
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Delhi High Court judge Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma has initiated criminal contempt proceedings against Arvind Kejriwal and other Aam Aadmi Party leaders for allegedly orchestrating a campaign of vilification against her order on the Delhi excise policy case. Kejriwal has invoked 'Gandhi ji's Satyagraha' as the high court referred the case to the Chief Justice for transfer to another Bench. Justice Sharma refused to hear the CBI's appeal against Kejriwal and others in the excise policy case, citing judicial propriety.