On February 27, the court sacked Kejriwal, Sisodia and 21 others and pulled up the CBI, saying her case was completely incapable of surviving judicial scrutiny and stood discredited in its entirety.
On March 9, Justice Sharma issued a notice to all 23 accused on the CBI’s plea against their dismissal, saying that certain observations and findings of the court at the stage of framing of charges prima facie appeared erroneous and needed scrutiny.
It also stood by the court’s recommendation to initiate departmental action against the CBI’s investigating officer in the liquor policy case.
“I was shocked and I had a concern whether the court is one-sided and whether I will get justice. What was the urgency for this? What was the need for this?” Kejriwal said during the hearing.
He opposed the stay of the department’s case against the CBI official as well as the stay of proceedings in the ED case.
“This was a CBI petition. ED has nothing to do with it. ED is not a party either. There was no written plea. Advocate General Tushar Mehta made only an oral plea,” he said.
Kejriwal said Justice Sharma had earlier denied him relief on his petition challenging his arrest as well as bail pleas by other accused, including Manish Sisodia and K Kavitha, and also made “strong and conclusive” findings.
“I was almost found guilty. I was almost found corrupt. Kewal saza sunani baaki reh gayi thi (Only punishment remained to be pronounced),” he said.
