Arvind Kejriwal's Request To Suspend Defamation Case Filed By Jaitley Rejected

October 19, 2016

Arvind Kejriwal was sued by Arun Jaitley for defamation last year.

NEW DELHI: Arvind Kejriwal's request that a defamation case filed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley be suspended was denied by the Delhi High Court today.

"No illegality or question of sustainability can be made out," the court said, pronouncing the Delhi Chief Minister's request "devoid of merit".

Mr Kejriwal and the other five leaders of his Aam Aadmi Party have been sued by Mr Jaitley for accusing him publicly of corruption.

Mr Kejriwal had accused Mr Jaitley of benefiting from corruption in Delhi's cricket body DDCA, which he headed for 13 years till 2013.

Mr Jaitley accused AAP of running a "false, malicious and defamatory campaign" against him and his family for "political mileage causing irreversible damage to him."

The other AAP leaders named in the case are Ashutosh, Kumar Vishwas, Sanjay Singh, Raghav Chaddha and Deepak Bajpai.

Mr Kejriwal and the others have claimed that Mr Jaitley's suit is political vendetta and a means of harassment.

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