Arun Jaitley defamation case: Arvind Kejriwal, other accused AAP leaders put on trial

The AAP leaders will now have to to prove on what grounds they made allegation against Mr Arun Jaitley

By: News Desk |
March 25, 2017 4:39 pm

In a major setback Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi’s Patiala House Court has put the Delhi Chief minister and other accused AAP leaders on trial in a defamation case filed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. With the latest ruling, The AAP leaders will have to justify on what grounds they made allegations against Mr Jaitley.

The defamation notices against Kejriwal and other AAP leaders were framed by Chief metropolitan magistrate Sumit Dass.Kejriwal and the other accused have pleaded not guilty and claimed trial.The trial in the case will commence on May 20.

Jaitley had on December 21, 2015 filed the criminal defamation case against the AAP leaders and sought their prosecution for offences that entail a punishment of up to two years in jail.

Jaitley, in his civil defamation suit in the high court, has sought Rs 10 crore in damages from Kejriwal and the five AAP leaders for issuing allegedly false and defamatory statements against him and his family in connection with alleged irregularities in DDCA when he was its president.

Besides a civil defamation suit in the high court, Jaitley had also filed a criminal defamation complaint in a lower court alleging Kejriwal and five AAP leaders — Raghav Chadha, Kumar Vishwas, Ashutosh, Sanjay Singh and Deepak Bajpai — had defamed him in the Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) controversy.

Agency inputs