Delhi court frames defamation charges against Kejriwal

Chief metropolitan magistrate (CMM) Sanjay Bansal said prima facie defamation charges are made out against Kejriwal and put him on trial after he pleaded not guilty.

The court fixed 18 January, 2014, for recording of evidence in the case. Complainant Pawan Khera, officer on special duty and political secretary of Dikshit, had filed the defamation case against Kejriwal saying he had used ‘false and filthy’ language against the chief minister in a television show.

While framing defamation charges against Kejriwal, the court said the AAP leader had defamed Khera and he spoke the defamatory word with an intention to harm 

his reputation.