Delhi HC slams petitioner over similar plea seeking removal of Kejriwal from CM’s post

April 8, 2024

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday expressed displeasure over a plea by former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister and ex-MLA Sandeep Kumar seeking the removal of Arvind Kejriwal from the post of Chief Minister of Delhi.

A bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad criticised the petitioner saying this is a third plea on the same lines and that heavy costs should be imposed on him.

The judge went on to say that those similar petitions have already been heard and rejected by the bench of acting Chief Justice Manmohan and that the present plea was nothing but a “publicity interest petition”.

Justice Prasad questioned Kumar as to how can the writ of quo warranto be issued against Kejriwal.

The court then transferred the matter for April 10 to the division bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan, since the sane bench had heard the previous similar pleas.

On April 1, the court sent Kejriwal to judicial custody till April 15 in connection with a money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam in the national capital.