{"id":40563,"date":"2015-12-22T06:12:32","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T00:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40563"},"modified":"2015-12-22T06:12:32","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T00:42:32","slug":"delhi-hc-seeks-kejriwal-5-aap-leaders-response-in-jaitley-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-hc-seeks-kejriwal-5-aap-leaders-response-in-jaitley-case","title":{"rendered":"Delhi HC seeks Kejriwal, 5 AAP leaders&#8217; response in Jaitley case"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37757\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37757\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/arvind.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37757\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37757\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-asks-delhi-cm-arvind-kejriwal-deputy-cm-manish-sisodia-aap-leaders-to-appear-on-may-15\/arvind-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/arvind.jpg?fit=310%2C232&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"310,232\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"arvind\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/arvind.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/arvind.jpg?fit=310%2C232&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37757 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/arvind.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Delhi HC seeks Kejriwal, 5 AAP leaders' response in Jaitley case\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/arvind.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/arvind.jpg?w=310&amp;ssl=1 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delhi HC seeks Kejriwal, 5 AAP leaders&#8217; response in Jaitley case<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Delhi High Court today sought response of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders on a civil defamation suit filed against them by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.<\/p>\n<p>Joint Registrar (JR) Kovai Venugopal issued notice to Kejriwal and other AAP leaders &#8212; Kumar Vishwas, Ashutosh, Sanjay Singh, Raghav Chadha and Deepak Bajpai &#8212; on the suit by Jaitley seeking Rs 10 crore in damages for issuing allegedly false and defamatory statements against him and his family members.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Issue notice to the defendants (AAP leaders). Written statements by the defandants be filed within three weeks. Thereafter, in two weeks&#8217; time, the plaintiff (Jaitley) will file replication,&#8221; the JR said.<\/p>\n<p>The court also asked AAP convenor Kejriwal and other leaders of his party to file original documents related to the allegations levelled in the suit against them in one week.<\/p>\n<p>The JR fixed the matter for February 5, 2016 for admission\/denial of documents.<\/p>\n<p>While Kejriwal and Vishwas were not present in the high court, four of the AAP leaders &#8212; Ashutosh, Sanjay, Raghav and Deepak, attended the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Jaitley&#8217;s action comes in the backdrop of attacks on him by Kejriwal and other AAP leaders over alleged irregularities and financial bunglings in Delhi&#8217;s cricket body, Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA), of which he was the president for about 13 years till 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Jaitley has also filed a criminal defamation complaint before a trial court against Kejriwal and the five other AAP leaders for making false allegations about financial irregularities in DDCA.<\/p>\n<p>In a packed courtroom at the Patiala House courts complex yesterday, Jaitley, who was accompanied by a phalanx of union ministers, including M Venkaiah Naidu, Smriti Irani, Dharmendra Pradhan and J P Nadda, had alleged that AAP leaders have made completely baseless and defamatory allegations.<\/p>\n<p>The court of the Chief Metroplitan Magistrate then took cognisance of the complaint and posted the case for January 5 when Jaitley will record his testimony.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court today sought response of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders on a civil defamation suit filed against them by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. 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