Court agrees to hear Vijender Gupta's defamation case against Kejriwal

On June 6 2019 a Delhi court agreed to hear a defamation case filed by BJP leader Vijender Gupta against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia after the two leaders accused him of scripting the slapping of Kejriwal during a roadshow on May 4 amidst the 2019 Lok Sabha electionsA Delhi court agreed to hear a defamation case filed by BJP leader VijenderGupta against Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister ManishSisodia after the two leaders accused him of scripting the slapping of Kejriwal during a roadshow on May 4 pictwittercom9h27yeQCkQmdash IANS Tweets ians_india June 6 2019Calling the Chief Ministers allegations against him as malicious deliberate and defamatory Gupta has sought Rs 1 crore and the cost of litigation in the case as damages Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal set June 24 to hear the caseIn his plea Gupta said The accused 1 Kejriwal himself planned getting slapped during a roadshow on May 4 and blamed the BJP for the incident in order to make political gains It was revealed that the accused no 1 Kejriwal himself asked his liaison officer to remove the security personnel from his vehicle his plea readGupta has requested the court to take cognisance of the offence under Section 499500 defamation of the Indian Penal Code IPC and prosecute and punish the two Aam Aadmi Party AAP leaders in accordance with the provisions of law Guptas advocate told the court that the Chief Ministers allegation that his client was attempting to kill him was malicious deliberate and defamatoryThese allegations are not only awful and disquieting but also distressing and defaming The complainant cant even think of hurting someone knowingly and voluntarily much less planning to assassinatekillmurder the accused no 1 Kejriwal the advocate saidHe claimed that the AAP leaders made the statements on the social media where they both have millions of followers so that it reached people in and outside Delhi Being a sensational charge it was picked up both by the print and electronic media and widely circulated by media houses thereby gravely impairing my reputation for which accused no 01 Kejriwal and 02 Sisodia are responsible Gupta said in his petitionHe added that two leaders were also circulating the claim that the BJP was after Kejriwals life There are newspapers articles in which accused no 01 is claiming that he will be assassinated like former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was by his personal security officer read the complaintGupta said that the allegations were made with the ulterior motive to degrade his reputation to malign his image and gain cheap political mileage in the Lok Sabha electionsTop stories of the dayMumbai Crime Air hostess raped by airline staffer in Andheri flatFraudsters use Xray vision to rob Kalyan woman of jewellery worth Rs 15 lakhVasai man arrested for stalking woman onlineMumbai Crime Tik Tok star turns out to be habitual thiefMumbai Babu slammed 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