Ram Jethmalani To Defend Kejriwal Against Jaitley

Darpan News Desk IANS, 21 Dec, 2015 10:49 AM

Noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani will defend Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the defamation suit filed by union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Delhi High Court.

"He (Jethmalani) will appear for Kejriwal and other AAP leaders in the Delhi High Court," a government source said on Monday.

Jaitley on Monday filed the defamation suit against Kejriwal and sought Rs.10 crore in damages for accusing him of corruption when he headed Delhi's cricket board.

Kejriwal, meanwhile, said he and his party cannot be intimidated.

Prev Next

MORE India ARTICLES

At Punjab Expo 'Reverse Buyer-Seller Meet' To Push Sub-Continental Trade

Nearly 200 buyers from SAARC nations will converge in Amritsar, 250 km from here, for the RBSM, where Indian manufacturers and traders are expecting trade linkages.

At Punjab Expo 'Reverse Buyer-Seller Meet' To Push Sub-Continental Trade

Sukhbir Badal Says Rahul Encouraging Khalistani Forces, Congress Hits Back

"What is the connection of Rahul Gandhi and Amarinder Singh with Sarbat Khalsa?" he asked.

Sukhbir Badal Says Rahul Encouraging Khalistani Forces, Congress Hits Back

Rahul Dares Modi To Jail Him; Sonia, Manmohan Attack Government

Hitting out at allegations over his nationality, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to arrest him if he has done any wrong, and accused him of using cronies to throw "muck" at him and his family.

Rahul Dares Modi To Jail Him; Sonia, Manmohan Attack Government

VHP Leader Ashok Singhal, Man Behind Babri Razing, Is Dead

VHP leader Ashok Singhal, who was one of the key architects of the mass campaign that led to the razing of the Babri mosque in 1992, died here on Tuesday. He was 89.

VHP Leader Ashok Singhal, Man Behind Babri Razing, Is Dead

Subramanian Swamy Makes Shocking Claim: Rahul Gandhi Is A British Citizen

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Bhartiya Janata Party leader alleged that Gandhi was director of a company - Backops Limited - which was incorporated in 2003 in Britain and was later dissolved in 2009.

Subramanian Swamy Makes Shocking Claim: Rahul Gandhi Is A British Citizen

India's Minister V.K. Singh Triggers New Row, Says Intolerance Debate Paid For

India's Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh has stirred a new controversy by suggesting that the ongoing debate on tolerance in India was a creation of "imaginative" minds of those "who are paid".