India, April 28 -- Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday launched a sharp political attack on former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, accusing him of trying to place himself above judicial scrutiny while misleading the public through what she described as a carefully staged political drama outside the courtroom.

In one of her strongest remarks yet against the Aam Aadmi Party chief, the Chief Minister said Kejriwal appears to function on the belief that his own word is final and unquestionable, regardless of what courts, constitutional institutions, or legal procedure may say. "He is behaving as if he is his own lawyer, his own witness, and his own judge. If everything has to be decided only by him, then what place remains for the jud...