New Delhi, March 1 -- The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear on March 9 the plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the trial court's order discharging all 23 accused in the Delhi excise policy case, including former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.

As per the High Court's cause list, the matter will be taken up by the Bench of Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma.

The CBI has formally moved the High Court seeking to set aside the discharge order passed by the trial court in connection with the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22.

On February 27, a Special Court discharged all the accused in the case registered by the CBI. The order was pronounced by Special Judg...