Defamation case: New twist as Kejriwal asks for DDCA minutes of meetings under Jaitley
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that the minutes of meetings of DDCA between 1999 and 2014 in connection with a defamation suit filed by Union Minister Arun Jaitley were necessary as these formed the basis of his defence in the matter.
The Delhi chief minister further submitted before Justice Manmohan that the union minister was the president of DDCA from December 1999 till 2013 and Kejriwal had received a complaint alleging irregularities in the cricketing body by its current and past directors. Advocate Anupam Srivastav, appearing for Kejriwal, also said that records definitely formed basis of the defence set out by him in his written statement to Jaitley’s suit. The advocate submitted that the defamation suit was filed in the backdrop of their allegation with regard to corruption in the DDCA, which the chief minister now seeks to establish.
Kejriwal has submitted that a DDCA official be summoned and asked to produce records pertaining to minutes of the meetings of the cricketing body held between 1999 to 2014. He contended that the union minister, during his cross- examination in May 2017, was confronted with the minutes book of the DDCA, but these were not admitted on …read more