Delhi Court Criticizes CBI for Using 'South Group' Label in Excise Case

A Delhi court criticized the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for repeatedly using the term 'South Group' to describe certain accused in the excise policy case, including former Delhi leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia. The court deemed the label arbitrary, legally unsustainable, and potentially prejudicial, noting no similar regional term was used for other accused. It emphasized that such region-based descriptors risk biasing proceedings and urged the CBI to avoid identity-based labels lacking legal basis.