Defamation case: Court allows Arun Jaitley’s plea for DDCA records

New Delhi: Finance minister Arun Jaitley’s plea seeking summoning of records of Delhi and District Cricket Association in a criminal defamation complaint filed by him against chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other Aam Aadmi Party leaders was allowed by a Delhi court on Monday. In an application filed before chief metropolitan magistrate Sanjay Khangwal, Jaitley sought summoning of records of DDCA for the relevant period in which he was the president of the cricketing body. The court is currently recording pre-summoning evidence in the criminal defamation complaint filed by Jaitley, who had recorded his statement before the CMM in support of his plea on 5 January. Jaitley had on 21 December 2015 filed criminal defamation complaint against Kejriwal and other AAP leaders for allegedly defaming him and sought their prosecution for offences that entail a punishment of up to two years in jail.