The Delhi High Court on Monday listed for hearing on July 16 the CBI plea against the trial court order discharging AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Durgesh Pathak and other accused in the excise policy case.Earlier, the AAP leaders had boycotted the proceedings in the Delhi excise policy case and alleging bias against the judge hearing the matter.Justice Manoj Jain, who is now hearing the CBI’s challenge to the trial court order discharging Kejriwal and several others, noted that ‘vakalatnamas’ had been filed on behalf of Kejriwal, Sisodia and Pathak, marking their formal participation in the proceedings after weeks of confrontation surrounding the case.The court said it would frame a schedule for hearing all parties on the next date and adjourned the matter to July 16. “We will see and draw a schedule for hearing on the next date,” the court observed.The proceedings had earlier spiralled into a major controversy when the case was being heard by Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.Kejriwal and other accused, including Sisodia, Pathak, Vijay Nair, Arun Pillai and Chanpreet Singh Rayat, had sought Justice Sharma’s recusal alleging conflict of interest and ideological bias. Among the allegations raised was that her children were part of the Central government counsel panel. Objections were also raised over her participation in events organised by Adhivakta Parishad, affiliated to the RSS.Justice Sharma had rejected the recusal pleas and decided to continue hearing the matter.