New Delhi, April 15 -- Former Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal has filed a fresh affidavit before the Delhi High Court pressing for recusal of the presiding judge, contending that the structure governing allocation of government legal work gives rise to a reasonable apprehension of conflict of interest in the excise policy case.

The Court has reserved its order for the recusal pleas.

In his affidavit, Kejriwal focuses on the institutional process through which government cases are assigned to law officers and panel counsel, arguing that this mechanism creates a linkage between the prosecution in the present case and the professional engagements of the judge's immediate family members. He submits that this c...