Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today withdrew from the Delhi High Court his pleas challenging trial court orders in a criminal defamation case filed against him by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in connection with the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) row.
The lawyers for Kejriwal told the high court that since he has been acquitted in the case after he had apologised for his statements against Jaitley in connection with alleged irregularities in DDCA, the AAP convenor’s appeals against the trial court orders have become infructuous.
Taking note of the submission, Justice A K Pathak dismissed as withdrawn the two pleas seeking quashing of the summons issued to Kejriwal in the criminal defamation case and expunging of remarks made against him by the trial court.
The trial court had on April 3 acquitted Kejriwal and four other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders — Raghav Chadha, Sanjay Singh, Ashutosh and Deepak Bajpai – after a joint application was filed by them and Jaitley to settle the matter.
