Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and deputy CM Manish Sisodia, on Saturday appeared before a Delhi court in connection with a criminal defamation complaint filed against them by former union minis
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and deputy CM Manish Sisodia, on Saturday appeared before a Delhi court in connection with a criminal defamation complaint filed against them by former union minister Kapil Sibal’s son Amit Sibal.
Kejriwal and Sisodia appeared before metropolitan magistrate Pankaj Sharma and cross-examined Amit Sibal.
The testimony of Sibal was not completed on Saturday. The court then fixed September 17 as the next date of hearing. His testimony will continue on the next date of hearing. The court will also record the statement of others in connection with the matter.
Besides Mr Kejriwal and Mr Sisodia, the complainant had also named former AAP members Prashant Bhushan and BJP leader Shazia Ilmi as accused in the case. The court had on September 20, 2014, put all the four accused on trial for charge under section 500 (defamation) of the IPC.
