{"id":32233,"date":"2014-02-19T13:41:33","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T08:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=32233"},"modified":"2014-02-19T13:41:33","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T08:11:33","slug":"gadkari-files-defamation-case-kejriwal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/gadkari-files-defamation-case-kejriwal","title":{"rendered":"Gadkari files defamation case against Kejriwal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BJP leader Nitin Gadkari filed a defamation case against Arvind Kejriwal, who has resigned as Delhi chief minister, in a court here on Tuesday and said that Kejriwal has tarnished his image by calling him corrupt.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint was filed before metropolitan magistrate Gomati Manocha.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint said that on Jan 31 &#8220;Kejriwal has deliberately released the list of India&#8217;s most corrupt people mentioning his (Gadkari&#8217;s) name in a grossly irresponsible manner&#8221;.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/gadkari.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32234\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/gadkari-files-defamation-case-kejriwal\/gadkari\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/gadkari.jpg?fit=268%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"268,188\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gadkari\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/gadkari.jpg?fit=150%2C105&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/gadkari.jpg?fit=268%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-32234\" alt=\"gadkari\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/gadkari.jpg?resize=268%2C188&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"268\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/gadkari.jpg?w=268&amp;ssl=1 268w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/gadkari.jpg?resize=150%2C105&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kejriwal &#8220;has deliberately tried to malign (Gadkari&#8217;s) image though he is not involved in any wrongful or corrupt act,&#8221; the complaint stated.<\/p>\n<p>Gadkari requested the court to take action against Kejriwal and prosecute him for defaming him.<\/p>\n<p>(Source:IANS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BJP leader Nitin Gadkari filed a defamation case against Arvind Kejriwal, who has resigned as Delhi chief minister, in a court here on Tuesday and said that Kejriwal has tarnished his image by calling him corrupt. 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