India, May 6 -- Delhi High Court judge Swarana Kanta Sharma on Tuesday said she would appoint three senior advocates as amicus curiae on Friday to represent former CM Arvind Kejriwal, former deputy CM Manish Sisodia and AAP leader Durgesh Pathak in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI's) appeal against their discharge in the excise policy case, following the trio's decision to boycott proceedings.

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 Kejriwal , Sisodia, and Pathak chose not appear.

"Three (Kejriwal, Sisodia and Pathak) are not appearing? I will appoint a senior in this case as amicus for 8 (Sisodia), 18 (Kejriwal) and 19 (Pathak) and thus I think it ...