{"id":41746,"date":"2016-03-02T08:20:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T02:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=41746"},"modified":"2016-03-02T08:20:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T02:50:14","slug":"defamation-suit-delhi-hc-asks-kejriwal-and-azad-to-file-written-replies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/defamation-suit-delhi-hc-asks-kejriwal-and-azad-to-file-written-replies","title":{"rendered":"Defamation suit: Delhi HC asks Kejriwal and Azad to file written replies"},"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=\"Defamation suit: Delhi HC asks Kejriwal and Azad to file written replies\" 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\">Defamation suit: Delhi HC asks Kejriwal and Azad to file written replies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad to file their written statements in a civil defamation suit of Rs 5 crore filed by DDCA for their alleged remarks against the cricket body regarding its functioning and finances. Joint Registrar Anil Kumar Sisodia directed Kejriwal and Azad to submit their statements within 30 days after they failed to file it on Wednesday\u00a0on the ground that the two had not received the fully copy of the suit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe counsel for the defendent number 1 and 2 (Kejriwal and Azad) appeared on the summons issue to them and submitted that they have not received the full documents. Plaintiff (DDCA) is directed to supply the copy to the defendants within a week from today. \u201cThe defendants shall file their written statements (to the suit filed by DDCA) within 30 days after receiving the full documents.<\/p>\n<p>The DDCA will file replication (the response of a plaintiff to the defendant\u2019s plea in an action at law, or to the defendant\u2019s answer in a suit) within four weeks thereafter. The parties shall file the original documents from ten weeks from today after exchanging the same,\u201d the court said. It also directed that the affidavit of admission\/ denial of documents shall be filed within 12 weeks from today and put up the matter for completion of pleadings and admission\/denial of documents on July 7.<\/p>\n<p>The court\u2019s direction came during hearing of Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA)\u2019s civil defamation suit in which Kejriwal and Azad were issued notice on January 15 for filing their written statements.<\/p>\n<p>DDCA, through its counsel advocate Sangram Patnaik, had said that Kejriwal \u201cwith prior motive, indulged in certain false, shocking, scandalous, defamatory, baseless, slanderous, malicious, disgraceful and outrageous statements which are defamatory against them\u201d. The counsel had said that Azad also indulged in making such statements, \u201cwhich were made solely with an agenda to defame and cause harm to the plaintiff(DDCA), for self-serving and motivated reasons\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad to file their written statements in a civil defamation suit of Rs 5 crore filed by DDCA for their alleged remarks against the cricket body regarding its functioning and finances. 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