Archive · 14 Aug 2026
Kejriwal, Sisodia urge Delhi High Court to dismiss CBI plea
Some important leaders in India, named Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, are part of a court case about a plan for selling alcohol called the 'liquor policy'.
A lower court in Delhi had decided to let them, and 21 other people, go without any punishment.
That court also said the investigating team, called the CBI, did not do a careful job.
The CBI did not like that decision, so it asked a bigger court, the Delhi High Court, to look at the case again.
The CBI sent in its request just four hours after the first decision was made.
Kejriwal and Sisodia told the High Court that the CBI's request was rushed and not serious.
They said the CBI did not point out any big mistake in the first court's decision.
They also said the CBI did not even mention one paragraph from the very long decision, which had 1,133 paragraphs.
The two leaders asked the High Court to throw out the CBI's request.
A judge named Manoj Jain will hear the case on August 17 and 18.
Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia urged the Delhi High Court to dismiss the CBI's petition challenging their discharge in the liquor policy case.
The AAP leaders said the CBI's revision petition was filed with 'unprecedented haste' and in the 'most unserious manner', just four hours after the discharge order.
A trial court discharged 23 accused, including the two leaders, on February 27 after hearing the matter for more than three months and noted a 'shoddy probe' by the CBI.
The leaders argued the CBI did not cite even one of the 1,133 paragraphs of the discharge judgment to show 'perversity' in the order.
Justice Manoj Jain is scheduled to hear the CBI's petition on August 17 and 18.
Kejriwal and Sisodia claimed the CBI's petition is 'bare-shell' and 'non-specific' and fails to state how the discharge of each accused was done without appreciating evidence.
- Who
- Aam Aadmi Party leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, the Central Bureau of Investigation, and the Delhi High Court
- What
- The AAP leaders are seeking dismissal of the CBI's criminal revision petition challenging their discharge in the alleged liquor policy case
- When
- The leaders filed their applications on Monday; the CBI's petition is scheduled for hearing on August 17 and 18, following the trial court's February 27 discharge order
- Where
- Delhi High Court, India
- Why
- The leaders argue the CBI's petition was filed with 'unprecedented haste' and points to no 'perversity' in the trial court's discharge order
AAP leaders (Kejriwal and Sisodia)
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
Maintainability of the CBI's revision petition
AAP leaders (Kejriwal and Sisodia)
The petition was filed with 'unprecedented haste' and in the 'most unserious manner' within four hours of the discharge order, is incomplete without the material relied upon, and is therefore liable to be dismissed in its present form.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
The CBI moved a criminal revision plea before the Delhi High Court challenging the trial court's discharge of the accused, arguing the order should be reviewed.
Validity of the trial court's discharge order
AAP leaders (Kejriwal and Sisodia)
The discharge order, running into more than 500 pages, shows no 'perversity'; the CBI only 're-examines and re-narrates' evidence already tested and cites none of the judgment's 1,133 paragraphs.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
The CBI's challenge rests on the claim that the trial court's discharge of the accused was improper and that the evidence was not appreciated correctly.
- Case
- Alleged liquor policy (excise) case
- Accused discharged
- 23, including Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia
- Trial court discharge date
- February 27
- Trial court observation
- Pointed to a 'shoddy probe' by the CBI
- Discharge judgment
- More than 500 pages across 1,133 paragraphs
- CBI petition timing
- Filed within four hours of the discharge order
- Next hearing
- August 17 and 18 before Justice Manoj Jain
- AAP leaders' request
- Dismissal of the CBI's petition in its present form
