India, April 10 -- Former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and other discharged accused in the liquor policy case cannot seek the recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma merely because she attended a "legal seminar" by the Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad (ABAP), as it does not demonstrate any ideological association, the CBI has told the Delhi High Court.

In a reply filed to applications by the AAP leader and others seeking the judge's recusal from hearing the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) challenge to the trial court's discharge order, the agency highlighted that several sitting Supreme Court judges, including Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, and high court judges have attended functions by the RSS-affiliated confederation ...