Overview
- The High Court, which deferred the case Friday, will appoint senior advocates on Monday to represent Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Durgesh Pathak as amicus curiae, meaning court-appointed counsel for unrepresented parties.
- Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said arguments will begin Tuesday with the CBI opening on whether its challenge is legally maintainable.
- The Solicitor General said the CBI has filed replies to maintainability objections lodged by discharged accused Vijay Nair and Arvind Kumar Singh.
- Kejriwal, Sisodia and Pathak have said they will neither appear nor hire lawyers after their April 20 recusal bid failed, citing alleged bias tied to the judge’s children serving on Union legal panels and work routed through the Solicitor General.
- The CBI is appealing the February 27 trial court order that discharged 23 accused, including the three AAP leaders, after the lower court found the case discredited.