India, April 20 -- Delhi High Court Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, while refusing to accept Arvind Kejriwal's plea for her to get off his case, addressed also his contention that Union home minister Amit Shah's had said he would ultimately have to go to the Supreme Court in this case.

This, Kejriwal and his party had said, amounted to Shah presuming the HC would pass an order against Kejriwal and others in the corruption case in which a trial court has discharged them.

On Kejriwal's contention that there was an "apprehension of bias" since the minister had made the statement, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said seeking recusal of the judge on the ground that a politician has made a comment, would amount to proceeding "purely on imagination...