AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia address the media at Rouse Avenue Court, in New Delhi,  on Feb. 27, 2026, after the court discharged them in an excise policy case.

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia address the media at Rouse Avenue Court, in New Delhi, on Feb. 27, 2026, after the court discharged them in an excise policy case.
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Arvind Kejriwal, AAP national convener, and party leader Manish Sisodia were discharged by a Delhi court on Friday (February 27, 2026) in an excise policy-related corruption case. Refusing to take cognisance of the CBI chargesheet citing “internal contradictions”, Special Judge Jitendra Singh rapped the federal agency for lapses in the investigation.

Besides the two leaders, 21 others were given a clean chit in the case, including Telangana Jagruthi founder and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter K. Kavitha. While the detailed order is awaited, the CBI has decided to appeal against the court’s decision in the Delhi High Court stating that “several aspects of the investigation have been ignored or not considered adequately”.


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