Reply on filing false affidavit: HC to Kejriwal
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after an application was moved by Union Minister Arun Jaitley seeking perjury proceedings against the CM for allegedly filing a false affidavit. Kejriwal, in the affidavit, claimed that he had not asked senior advocate Ram Jethmalani to use abusive language against Jaitely.
Justice Manmohan has sought Kejriwal’s response to the application within four weeks.
The application, moved by the Union Minister through his counsel Manik Dogra, stated that the affidavit filed by the AAP chief is “blatantly false and is an offence affecting the administration of justice”.
On May 17, Jethmalani, appearing for Kejriwal, had used the word ‘crook’ during the proceedings of a defamation case filed by Jaitley against Kejriwal.
Jaitley, who had filed the civil defamation suit claiming Rs 10 crore damages from Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders, had filed another defamation suit of Rs 10 crore against the Chief Minister alone after Jethmalani said that he had used the word ‘crook’ on the instance of his client.
The noted jurist had quit as the counsel for the CM in two defamation cases after Kejriwal said that he had not told Jethmalani to use the word ‘crook’ …read more
