{"id":40570,"date":"2015-12-22T18:00:12","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T12:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40570"},"modified":"2015-12-23T03:04:38","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T21:34:38","slug":"kejriwal-faces-court-case-for-defamatory-remarks-against-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kejriwal-faces-court-case-for-defamatory-remarks-against-pm","title":{"rendered":"Kejriwal faces court case for &#8220;defamatory&#8221; remarks against PM"},"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=\"Kejriwal faces court case for &quot;defamatory&quot; remarks against PM\" 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\">Kejriwal faces court case for &#8220;defamatory&#8221; remarks against PM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A criminal complaint has been filed against chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in a Delhi court for using \u201cdefamatory\u201d language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the recent CBI raid at the office of his principal secretary.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_wrapper_div\"><\/div>\n<p>The complainant, an advocate, has sought Kejriwal\u2019s prosecution under Sections 124A (sedition) and 500 (defamation) of the IPC.<\/p>\n<p>The plea was filed at the Tis Hazari Court and it will come up for hearing on January 4, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Advocate Pradeep Kumar Dwivedi has in his complaint alleged that when CBI raided the chief minister\u2019s principal secretary Rajendra Kumar\u2019s Delhi Secretariat office on December 15, Kejriwal made offensive remarks on his Twitter account against Modi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing aware of the autonomy and independence of the CBI, the accused (Kejriwal) owing to his personal interest and political enmity, made some offended remarks on his Twitter account towards the Prime Minister of this country, just because of the said raid by the CBI,\u201d the complaint said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn December 15, the accused posted the remarks on his Twitter account which reads as, \u2018Modi is a coward and a psychopath\u2019. The remarks were made against the democratically elected prime minister of the largest democracy of the world,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The complainant alleged that Kejriwal had \u201cintentionally\u201d used such defamatory words with a view to spreading a sense of \u201chatred and contempt\u201d towards the prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>Dwivedi said he was aggrieved by the alleged defamatory and seditious remarks of Kejriwal.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A criminal complaint has been filed against chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in a Delhi court for using \u201cdefamatory\u201d language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the recent CBI raid at the office of his principal secretary. The complainant, an advocate, has sought Kejriwal\u2019s prosecution under Sections 124A (sedition) and 500 (defamation) of the IPC. 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