New Delhi, April 22 -- A Delhi High Court (HC) judge has recused himself from hearing a petition, moved to seek contempt action against former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and others. The contempt action has been sought against them for allegedly sharing clips of court room proceedings when Kejriwal's plea seeking recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma in the excise policy case was being heard.

The PIL by advocate Vaibhav Singh was listed for hearing before a bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Karia, which directed that it be listed before another bench on Thursday.

Recusing from hearing the case, the court said, "This matter will not be heard by this bench. List tomorrow before a bench of which one of us...