Court grants exemption to Arvind Kejriwal in defamation case

Court was hearing a defamation complaint filed by BJP MP, alleging that Delhi CM had made defamatory statements against him

A court on Monday granted exemption from personal appearance to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a defamation case filed by BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri.

Kejriwal's counsel Rishikesh Kumar and Neha Rastogi told Metropolitan Magistrate Harvinder Singh that Kejriwal has to attend a cabinet meeting and he would not be able to attend the court.

Allowing Kejriwal's plea for exemption, the court fixed July 8 as next date of hearing.

The court was hearing a defamation complaint filed by Bidhuri alleging that Kejriwal had made defamatory statements against him, terming him a criminal, in an interview to a private channel on July 17 last year.

 

Bidhuri told the court that Kejriwal's defamatory statements had maligned his image.