Jaitley's defamation case: Patiala House court will pronounce order on March 9

February 23, 2016 15:11

Union Finance Minister and senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party Arun Jaitley reaches Patiala House court in a hearing of the defamation case he has filed against Arvind Kejriwal and other senior Aam Aadmi Party leaders.

The Patiala House court will pronounce its order on March 9.

The order will be on whether Delhi CM and five other AAP members can be summoned to appear in court for the criminal defamation case

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had in December last year filed both civil and criminal defamation cases against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders for allegedly defaming him and sought Rs 10 crore in damages and their prosecution for offences that entails a punishment of up to two years in jail.

"It is available on the records of the DDCA that what to talk of imagining taking of any pecuniary benefit, throughout his tenure as the President of DDCA, the complainant has not even legitimate reimbursement of his expenses from the DDCA," he said in his complaint.

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