Defamation case: Delhi High Court issues notice to Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi, August 23: Delhi High Court issues notice to Arvind Kejriwal for giving a false affidavit in a defamation case. The court has asked them to respond within four weeks.

Arun Jaitley's lawyers have sought the court to file criminal cases against Kejriwal. In the defamation case related to Jaitley, Kejriwal had told the court in the affidavit that he did not ask for Ram Jethmalani and his lawyers to use derogatory words.

Explain that after the allegations of a scam in DDCA, Jaitley has made a case of defamation of 10 crores against 5 leaders of Kejriwal party .

Kejriwal and several AAP leaders are facing a criminal defamation suit after they claimed that Jaitley was allegedly involved in corrupt practices when he was the chairman of the Delhi & District Cricket Association.


Jaitley has sought Rs 10 crore in damages and told the court he will revise the figure if Kejriwal has directed Jethmalani to abuse him during the hearing.