{"id":50805,"date":"2017-12-07T14:29:02","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T08:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=50805"},"modified":"2017-12-07T14:29:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T08:59:02","slug":"delhi-hc-exempts-kejriwal-personal-appearance-defamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-hc-exempts-kejriwal-personal-appearance-defamation","title":{"rendered":"Delhi HC exempts Kejriwal from personal appearance in defamation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_50548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50548\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/ak.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"50548\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-dismisses-plea-stay-release-insignificant-man\/ak\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/ak.jpg?fit=260%2C173&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"260,173\" 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=\"ak\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/ak.jpg?fit=260%2C173&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-50548 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/ak.jpg?resize=260%2C173&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Delhi HC exempts Kejriwal from personal appearance in defamation\" width=\"260\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/ak.jpg?w=260&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/ak.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delhi HC exempts Kejriwal from personal appearance in defamation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Delhi High Court today exempted Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from personal appearance before a trial court on December 11 in a criminal defamation complaint filed by Rajya Sabha MP Subhash Chandra.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal also issued notice to Delhi Police and Chandra seeking their response on the chief minister&#8217;s plea to quash the complaint filed by the BJP leader.<\/p>\n<p>The court, which was not inclined to stay the proceedings before the trial court, however, exempted Kejriwal&#8217;s personal appearance and listed the matter for further hearing on January 22.<\/p>\n<p>Kejriwal has sought stay on the summons issued to him by the trial court on March 4.<\/p>\n<p>Chandra, had on November 17, last year, sought prosecution of the Delhi chief minister for allegedly defaming him by levelling false allegations in the wake of demonetisation.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court today exempted Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from personal appearance before a trial court on December 11 in a criminal defamation complaint filed by Rajya Sabha MP Subhash Chandra. 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