New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the hearing on the petition filed by Delhi Chief Minister Atishi and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal challenging the High Court order in a defamation case.
The two leaders had challenged the High Court’s order refusing to quash the defamation case against them over their comments regarding alleged deletion of names of 30 lakh voters from certain communities from the electoral rolls.
Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice S. V.N. Bhatti noted the arguments of senior advocate Sonia Mathur, appearing for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajeev Babbar, that her ‘caveat’ was not mentioned in the report and she could not file the reply as the petition was filed on Thursday. Handed over late in the evening.
The bench fixed Monday for hearing in the case. Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Atishi and Kejriwal, said that they can argue the matter on September 30. Both Atishi and Kejriwal have challenged the Delhi High Court’s September 2 order, refusing to quash the action against them and other AAP leaders, over their comments about alleged deletion of voters’ names. Had done.
The court had said in its order that the allegations are prima facie going to affect the image of BJP.
The High Court had said that these allegations were prima facie “defamatory” with the intention behind defaming the BJP and gaining undue political advantage.
The court had dismissed the petition filed by Atishi, Kejriwal and two other AAP leaders – former Rajya Sabha member Sushil Kumar Gupta and party leader Manoj Kumar – challenging the defamation proceedings pending before the trial court.