FM Jaitley opposes Kejriwal's fresh plea to summon DDCA records in Delhi HC

Jaitley said Kejriwal's application must be dismissed as he has been trying to delay proceedings

Union Minister Arun Jaitley has opposed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea in the Delhi High Court (HC) seeking summoning of the minutes of meetings of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) held during 1999-2014.

Kejriwal had moved the fresh plea in a pending defamation suit filed by the Union Minister against him and five other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders seeking Rs 10 crore as damages from them for allegedly levelling "defamatory" allegations with regard to irregularities in DDCA during Jaitley's tenure as its President.

64-year-old Jaitley, in his reply filed before Joint Registrar Pankaj Gupta of the HC,