AAP national convener and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday approached the Supreme Court seeking transfer of the CBI’s appeal against his discharge in the Delhi excise policy case from the Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma of the Delhi High Court to another judge, said the party sources.They said Kejriwal, along with former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, has also challenged the high court’s summons in the apex court. Sisodia has filed a separate petition questioning the summons issued against him in the same case. The matter is likely to be listed for hearing on Monday.The move comes days after Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya of the Delhi High Court declined Kejriwal’s request to transfer the case from the Bench of Justice Sharma.In a communication dated March 13, the high court’s Registrar General informed eight applicants, including Kejriwal, that the plea for transfer had been rejected. The communication quoted the Chief Justice as stating that the petition had been assigned to the judge as per the existing roster.In a letter dated March 11, Kejriwal had expressed apprehension that if the matter continued before Justice Sharma, the proceedings “may not receive a hearing marked by impartiality and neutrality”.The development comes after a trial court on February 27 discharged Kejriwal and 22 other accused in the excise policy case. The Central Bureau of Investigation challenged the order before the Delhi High Court, where the matter is being heard by Justice Sharma.On March 9, Justice Sharma issued notice on the CBI’s plea and stayed the trial court’s direction seeking departmental proceedings against the investigating officer of the agency. The judge also recorded a prima facie view that certain observations made in the trial court’s order appeared to be erroneous.In the same order, the High Court directed the trial court to defer proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, which are based on the CBI’s FIR.