Arvind Kejriwal told to be in court on 24 May in defamation case

A Delhi court on Saturday warned Arvind Kejriwal and three other AAP leaders that it would initiate ‘coercive process’ if they fail to appear before it on 24 May in a criminal defamation complaint filed against them by Union telecom minister Kapil Sibal's lawyer son Amit Sibal. 

Metropolitan magistrate (MM) Sunil Kumar Sharma told advocate Rahul Mehra, who appeared for Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Prashat Bhushan and Shazia Ilmi, that he should ensure that the accused appear before him on the next date of hearing. 

‘Ensure that everybody is present on the next date (of hearing) otherwise I will initiate coercive process,’ the court told Mehra and fixed the matter for hearing on 24 May.