New Delhi, April 6 -- Aam Aadmi Party chief and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and others previously accused in the excise policy case have moved a recusal application before justice Swarn Kanta Sharma in the Delhi High Court, the party said in a statement on Sunday. As per the statement, Kejriwal will also argue the case on Monday. This comes after the Delhi High Court on March 16 granted Kejriwal and others more time to respond to the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI's) plea challenging their discharge. HC had listed the next hearing on April 6. Responding to AAP's application, Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said: "This announcement completely exposes Arvind Kejriwal, who is dejected and defeated on all fronts. After losing his petition to transfer the case (to another bench), Kejriwal will now petition the relevant judge himself to drop the case. Is this his respect for the judiciary and the judicial system?" Earlier on March 11, Kejriwal and others wrote to Delhi High Court Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya, seeking transfer from the assigned bench of Justice Sharma, claiming a "grave, bona fide, and reasonable apprehension" that the hearing would not be impartial. They argued that during the first hearing on March 9, 2026, the court issued notice and recorded a prima facie view that the trial court's order discharging Kejriwal and 22 others was "erroneous" without hearing them. Justice Upadhyaya denied the transfer request on March 13. On February 27, the trial court discharged Kejriwal and 22 others, holding that "CBI's material did not even disclose a prima facie case, let alone a grave suspicion." Special Judge Jitendra Singh directed a departmental inquiry against the "erring investigating officer" who "abused" his official position. The CBI then appealed, terming the verdict was "inherently wrong". On March 9, justice Sharma, while issuing notice, observed the trial court's findings were "prima facie erroneous"....