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Delhi High Court issues notice to Arun Jaitley over Arvind Kejriwal's plea

The application stated that it wanted to confront the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader regarding the records of July 28 and July 31. Appearing for Jaitley, Amit Mahajan said the application has not been moved properly.

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The Delhi High Court (HC) on Friday issued a notice to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal moved an application seeking the minutes of meetings held by the General Body and the Executive Committee or Board of Directors of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) between 1999 and 2014.

At the time, Jaitley was the President of the DDCA.

Kejriwal moved the application through his counsel Anupam Shrivastav. Joint Registrar Pankaj Gupta sought Jaitley's reply by July 28. The application was moved in connection to a Rs 10 crore defamation suit filed against the CM and five other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders by Jaitley.

The application stated that it wanted to confront the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader regarding the records of July 28 and July 31. Appearing for Jaitley, Amit Mahajan said the application has not been moved properly.

Jaitley had filed a Rs 10 crore civil defamation suit against Kejriwal and five other AAP members for accusing him of financial irregularities. The AAP leaders had allegedly attacked Jaitley and his family members on various platforms, including the social media, over the alleged irregularities and financial bungling in the DDCA. Kejriwal is also facing another Rs 10 crore defamation suit filed by Jaitley in May this year, over the use of an objectionable word by the CM's lawyer, Ram Jethmalani, during the Union Minister's cross-examination. Jaitley, who holds the twin portfolios of Finance and Defence, said Jethmalani "abused" him in open court during the proceedings in the first defamation suit.

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