When a litigant attempts to make the justice delivery system vulnerable to unfounded allegations, they are targeting the credibility of the institution itself rather than merely a judge.
Justice Sharma stated that Kejriwal’s plea was based on “unfounded suspicions, conjectures and manufactured allegations” rather than any tangible conflict of interest on her part.
A political leader who uses the recusal doctrine today establishes a precedent that can be used against any judge, liberal or conservative, activist or deferential, by anyone with a grievance and a microphone.
AAP’s sidelining of Raghav Chadha signals a calculated move to contain a rising voice that risked unsettling its centralised power structure and challenge Arvind Kejriwal's supremacy.
Dismissing the CBI-filed case, Special Judge (PC Act) Jitendra Singh said, "There was no overarching conspiracy or criminal intent in the excise policy."