Delhi High court Refused To Quash BJP Leader's Defamation Case Against CM Arvind Kejriwal, Atishi
The Business Guardian|September 03, 2024
The Delhi High Court in the case Arvind Kejriwal & Ors.v. State & Anr. observed and has refused to quash a defamation case filed by a BJP leader against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other Aam Aadmi Party, AAP leaders for their remarks over alleged deletion of voters' names from electoral rolls in the national capital in 2018.

The bench headed by Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta in the case observed and has dismissed the petition filed by Arvind Kejriwal and AAP leaders against a sessions court order upholding a magisterial court's order to summon them as accused in the complaint.

The complaint was moved by BJP leader Rajeev Babbar against Kejriwal, Sushil Kumar Gupta, Manoj Kumar and Atishi Marlena.

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