Delhi High Court Appoints Senior Advocate Rajdipa Behura As Amicus Curiae In Suo-Motu Contempt Case Against Arvind Kejriwal, AAP Leaders
Malavika Prasad
22 May 2026 11:19 AM IST
The Delhi High Court has appointed senior advocate Rajdipa Behura as amicus curiae in the suo motu criminal contempt proceedings initiated against AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, Vinay Mishra, Durgesh Pathak and Saurabh Bharadwaj for their posts 'scandalizing' Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.
A division bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja had on Tuesday issued notice in the matter.
While directing the contemnors to file their response in the matter, the court in its order said:
"We also appoint Ms. Rajdipa Behura, Senior Advocate as Amicus Curiae to assist the Court in this case. A copy of the paperbook be supplied to the learned Amicus Curiae by the Registry of this Court".
Justice Sharma was hearing the CBI's plea against discharge of all accused in the excise policy case. She has now transferred the matter to another bench; the coordinate bench .
The transfer was done after she initiated contempt proceedings against Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, Vinay Mishra, Durgesh Pathak and Saurabh Bharadwaj.
Contempt action was initiated after Justice Sharma took note of note various social media posts and videos shared by the respondents in connection with the recusal proceedings. She had earlier rejected the recusal applications filed by Kejriwal and others.
On February 27, the trial court discharged all the 23 accused persons in the case, including political leaders Kejriwal, Sisodia and K Kavitha. The trial court had also severely criticised the CBI's investigation in the case.
Case title: COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION v/s ARVIND KEJRIWAL AND ORS.
CONT.CAS.(CRL) 7/2026
