{"id":48370,"date":"2017-05-23T09:39:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T04:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=48370"},"modified":"2017-05-23T09:39:19","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T04:09:19","slug":"delhi-hc-seeks-kejriwals-reply-fresh-defamation-suit-jaitley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-hc-seeks-kejriwals-reply-fresh-defamation-suit-jaitley","title":{"rendered":"Delhi HC seeks Kejriwal&#8217;s reply on fresh defamation suit by Jaitley"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47449\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47449\" style=\"width: 286px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Arvind-Kejriwal.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"47449\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pwd-scam-police-transfer-complaint-kejriwal-acb\/arvind-kejriwal-4\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Arvind-Kejriwal.jpg?fit=286%2C176&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"286,176\" 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 Kejriwal\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Arvind-Kejriwal.jpg?fit=286%2C176&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Arvind-Kejriwal.jpg?fit=286%2C176&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-47449 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Arvind-Kejriwal.jpg?resize=286%2C176&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Delhi HC seeks Kejriwal's reply on fresh defamation suit by Jaitley\" width=\"286\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Arvind-Kejriwal.jpg?w=286&amp;ssl=1 286w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Arvind-Kejriwal.jpg?resize=150%2C92&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delhi HC seeks Kejriwal&#8217;s reply on fresh defamation suit by Jaitley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Delhi High Court today sought the response of Arvind Kejriwal on a fresh Rs 10 crore defamation suit filed by Union Minister Arun Jaitley over the use of an objectionable word by the Chief Minister&#8217;s lawyer Ram Jethmalani recently.<\/p>\n<p>Joint Registrar Pankaj Gupta issued notice to Kejriwal asking him to respond why the defamation proceedings against him should not be initiated.<\/p>\n<p>He fixed July 26 as the next date of hearing in the matter, by when Kejriwal has to file his response.<\/p>\n<p>Jaitley, who holds twin portfolios of Finance and Defence, filed the second defamation suit after Jethmalani allegedly &#8220;abused&#8221; him in open court during the proceedings of another defamation suit he had filed against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and five other party functionaries.<\/p>\n<p>During the cross-examination of the Minister on May 17 before Joint Registrar in the Delhi High Court, Jethmalani had used a term Jaitley had found objectionable.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court today sought the response of Arvind Kejriwal on a fresh Rs 10 crore defamation suit filed by Union Minister Arun Jaitley over the use of an objectionable word by the Chief Minister&#8217;s lawyer Ram Jethmalani recently. 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