{"id":36204,"date":"2026-07-16T17:11:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T11:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/no-further-delay-delhi-hc-gives-kejriwal-aap-leaders-final-chance-to-file-replies-in-excise-policy-case-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:11:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T11:41:42","slug":"no-further-delay-delhi-hc-gives-kejriwal-aap-leaders-final-chance-to-file-replies-in-excise-policy-case-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/no-further-delay-delhi-hc-gives-kejriwal-aap-leaders-final-chance-to-file-replies-in-excise-policy-case-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;No further delay&#8217;: Delhi HC gives Kejriwal, AAP leaders final chance to file replies in excise policy case | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132437092,imgsize-89866,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/delhi-excise-policy-nothing-found-in-raids-because-sisodia-didn39t-do-anything-says-arvind-kejriwal.jpg\" alt=\"'No further delay': Delhi HC gives Kejriwal, AAP leaders final chance to file replies in excise policy case\" title=\"Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia are among three AAP leaders yet to file their replies\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia are among three AAP leaders yet to file their replies\">Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia are among three AAP leaders yet to file their replies<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Thursday granted three Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including party national convenor <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/arvind-kejriwal\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Arvind Kejriwal<\/a>, one final opportunity to file their replies to the Central Bureau of Investigation&#8217;s (CBI) revision petition challenging a trial court order discharging all accused in the Delhi excise policy case.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Justice Manoj Jain noted that no counsel appeared for any of the respondents during the hearing. Besides Kejriwal, former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and AAP leader Durgesh Pathak are respondents in the matter.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Appearing for the CBI, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, along with Additional Solicitor General DP Singh, told the court that only the three AAP leaders are yet to file their replies despite being granted earlier opportunities.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Taking note of the delay, Justice Jain granted them one final opportunity to place their replies on record, making it clear that no further adjournments would be granted. The matter has been listed for hearing on August 17 and 18.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>During the proceedings, Mehta urged the bench to advance the hearing to the last week of July, arguing that the matter warranted expeditious consideration. The court said it would examine the request but observed that preponing the hearing &#8220;appears a little difficult&#8221;. It added that the possibility would be reassessed if the court&#8217;s board permitted.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The high court also directed that the interim order in the matter would continue until the next date of hearing.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The CBI has challenged the February 27 trial court order discharging all accused, including Kejriwal, Sisodia and Pathak, in the Delhi excise policy case.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Earlier, after the case was transferred from Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma to Justice Manoj Jain, the high court directed the CBI to formally inform the three AAP leaders of the transfer. The court observed that although the development had been widely reported in the media, formal intimation should nevertheless be given to ensure that all parties appeared before the present bench.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>The CBI has argued that the discharge order is legally unsustainable and sought its reversal, contending that the case involves serious allegations and that sufficient material exists to proceed against the accused.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">(With ANI inputs)<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/no-further-delay-delhi-hc-gives-kejriwal-aap-leaders-final-chance-to-file-replies-in-excise-policy-case\/articleshow\/132436016.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia are among three AAP leaders yet to file their replies NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Thursday granted three Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, one final opportunity to file their replies to the Central Bureau of Investigation&#8217;s (CBI) revision petition challenging a trial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-country"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}