India, April 20 -- In one of the most unusual legal dramas in India's recent political history, Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal argued his own case in the Delhi High Court last week - not the excise policy case, as such, that has dogged him for years, but his petition demanding that the judge hearing it step aside.

At 4:30 PM on Monday, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma is scheduled to pronounce her verdict on whether she should recuse herself from the case.

So who is Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, and how did she become the centre of one of India's most charged legal controversies?

Justice Sharma's career started at an early age, as per details on the Delhi High Court website. A graduate in English Literature from Daulat Ram Colleg...