Arvind Kejriwal (chief of the Aam Aadmi Party) announced his refusal to appear before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma in the Delhi High Court regarding the excise policy case. In a four-page letter, he invoked Gandhian principles of Satyagraha, stating he could not pursue the case in her court, either personally or through counsel. This decision follows the court's dismissal of his recusal application, which argued that Justice Sharma had a conflict of interest due to her children being counsel for the Union Government, the opposing party in the case. Justice Sharma rejected the recusal plea, emphasizing that the case relied on insinuations rather than proof. Kejriwal raised concerns about the judge's ties to the Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad (ABVP) and alleged a financial bias due to her son's high number of docket allocations. He clarified that his stance was not an act of defiance against the judiciary but a principled stand for justice, reserving his right to appeal to the Supreme Court against the dismissal of his recusal request.