India, May 5 -- Delhi high court judge Swarana Kanta Sharma on Tuesday said that she would appoint three senior advocates as amicus curiae on Friday to represent former CM Arvind Kejriwal, former deputy CM Manish Sisodia and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Durgesh Pathak in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI's) appeal against their discharge in the excise policy case, following their decision to boycott the proceedings.

To be sure, an amicus curiae is a lawyer or expert appointed by a court to assist it in a case.

This was after the court noted that neither Kejriwal nor Sisodia nor Pathak had chosen to appear.

Justice Sharma said she would commence hearing CBI's arguments on merits after appointing an amicus on Friday.

"Three (Kejr...