Kejriwal, others to face trial in Jaitley defamation case

A Delhi court on Saturday framed notices against CM Arvind Kejriwal and five other Aam Aadmi Party leaders in a defamation case filed by Union finance minister Arun Jaitley.

Besides Kejriwal, the other leaders against whom notices were issued are Kumar Vishwas, Ashutosh, Sanjay Singh, Raghav Chadha and Deepak Bajpai.

In December 2015, Jaitley had filed a complaint alleging that Kejriwal and the remaining five AAP leaders had made defaming statements against him regarding his tenure as the DDCA president from December 1999 to 2013.

“A criminal complaint has been filed because they had made defamatory statements against Arun Jaitley on Twitter, Facebook and in the media,” said Jaitley’s counsel. ››P3