‘Choreographed Exercise’: How CBI’s Delhi Liquor Policy Case Fell Apart

Should the CBI investigate election campaigns? 4 takeaways from the Delhi liquor policy judgement

The case collapsed. The CBI got hauled up. And the fallout could be far bigger than just this verdict.

‘Choreographed exercise’: How CBI’s Delhi liquor policy case fell apart

The court pulled up the agency on several counts, from the nature of evidence and its presentation to how it steered the investigation

All Discharged In Delhi Liquor Case

Rouse Avenue Court slams CBI probe; no prima facie case found

Economically illiterate: CBI faces Delhi court ire over liquor policy case probe

In its order discharging all the 23 accused in the excise policy scam case, including former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia, the Rouse Avenue Court said the CBI's probe narrative was speculative, legally untenable and driven by preconceived assumptions rather than evidence.

Court raps CBI for ‘Premeditated and Choreographed’ probe

In a blistering critique that struck at the very heart of the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) conduct, Special Judge Jitendra Singh dismantled the agency’s probe into the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22, characterizing it as a “pre-meditated and choreographed exercise”.  The 549-page order, which discharged all twenty-three accused on February 27, 2026, concluded that the allegations were not the result of an objective investigation but were…

Liquor policy case: Court raps CBI probe, directs action against investigating officer

A Delhi court cleared Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia in the excise policy case, citing lack of evidence and contradictions in the CBI chargesheet, and ordered a departmental inquiry against the CBI investigating officer.