Defamation case: Kejriwal, Sisodia, Yogendra Yadav appear in Delhi court
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and their former party member Yogendra Yadav on Tuesday appeared in a Delhi court in connection to a defamation case filed by an advocate Surendra Kumar Sharma.
The trio was forced to appear in the court after Metropolitan Magistrate Pranjal Aneja on Monday had rapped their counsel who had sought exemption stating that the CM was busy in official engagements.
The court, however, allowed the exemption application yesterday but directed them to appear in the court in the morning on Tuesday. It finally fixed Wednesday as the date when charges would be framed against the trio.
“The court rapped the counsel for the CM and Deputy CM for their non-appearance and directed them to appear in the court by any means today. Hence all the three were present in the court today,” Sharma said.
The arguments on framing of charges were conducted on Tuesday following which the order was reserved for Wednesday.
According to the complainant, the counsel for the CM and the Deputy CM had moved eight exemptions since April 2014.
According to the complaint, Sharma was allegedly approached by the volunteers of AAP who had asked him to contest the Delhi Assembly elections on …read more
