India, May 11 -- The appointment of senior advocates as amicus curiae to represent former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Durgesh Pathak in the Central Bureau Of Investigation's (CBI) appeal against their discharge in the excise policy case was delayed again on Monday, as Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma did not hold court for the second time in a week.

Following Justice Sharma's refusal on April 20 to recuse herself from hearing the CBI's appeal, and the court's decision to begin hearing the matter on its merits from April 29, Kejriwal wrote to the judge on April 27 informing her of his decision to boycott the proceedings.

In his letter, the AAP convenor ha...