Jaitley in another Rs100m suit against Kejriwal

new delhi — Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday filed a second civil defamation suit of Rs100 million in the Delhi High Court against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his lawyer Ram Jethmalani using the word “crook”, claiming the objectionable words caused him “permanent harm and disrepute”. This is a separate case from the ongoing Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) defamation suit against Kejriwal and five other Aam Aadmi Party leaders that Jaitley filed in 2015.

On May 17, Jaitley and senior advocate Jethmalani clashed in the court with the Union Minister taking a strong objection to the word “crook” Jethmalani used during Jaitley’s cross-examination in the earlier defamation case.

Jethmalani had said that it was used by him on instructions from his client, and Jaitley then threatened to seek higher damages. —