Delhi HC rejects AAP leader's plea in defamation case

The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed the plea of an AAP leader seeking to strike off new allegations levelled by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in a civil defamation case against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other party leaders.

 

A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Mukta Gupta rejected Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashutosh's plea where he challenged a order of single judge dated April 29, by which Jaitley's rejoinder, raising a fresh allegation against AAP leaders, to replies of Kejriwal, Ashutosh and four others, who are party in the defamation suit.

 

Jaitley filed a civil defamation case against Kejriwal and AAP leaders Kumar Vishwas, Ashutosh, Sanjay Singh, Raghav Chadha and Deepak Bajpayee that they made "false and defamatory" statements in a case involving the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA), thereby harming his reputation. - IANS