India, April 22 -- Delhi high court judge Tejas Karia on Wednesday recused himself from hearing a plea seeking contempt action against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal and others for allegedly publishing videos of proceedings seeking Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma's recusal from the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI's) appeal against a trial court order discharging them in the 2022 excise policy case.

Advocate Vaibhav Singh, the petitioner, sought directions to Meta, X, Kejriwal, and others to take down Kejriwal's videos arguing his plea for Justice Sharma's recusal. The plea was listed before a bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Karia. When it was taken up, the bench said that Justice Karia would not be able t...