India, Feb. 28 -- NEW DELHI

Junking the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI's) case against former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and 22 others in the excise policy case, a Delhi court took exception to the repeated use of the phrase "South Group" by the CBI in its charge sheet.

Special Judge Jitendra Singh, even before formally reading out the operative parts of the order, expressed concern over the use of the term.

The judge remarked, "Such kind of terminology I feel should be avoided.is it possible that if the CBI had filed the same chargesheet in a Chennai court, it would not be perceived offensive?"

The court went on to question Special Public Prosecutor, DP Singh, as to who coined the term. "Why didn't you say those in ...