India, April 16 -- Arvind Kejriwal, chief of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), on Thursday urged the Delhi High Court to take on record an additional affidavit alleging a "direct conflict of interest" on the part of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma in hearing the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) petition against his discharge in the Delhi excise policy case.

The affidavit was submitted during proceedings related to the CBI's challenge to a trial court order that had granted Kejriwal relief in the high-profile liquor policy matter. The case pertains to alleged irregularities in the formulation and implementation of Delhi's now-scrapped excise policy, which has been under investigation by central agencies.

Justice Sharma directed the court re...