HC dismisses AAP leader’s plea against Jaitley’s allegations

Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed the plea of an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader opposing fresh 

allegations made by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his reply to a civil defamation case filed by him against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other AAP members.

A bench of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Mukta Gupta turned down AAP leader Ashutosh’s appeal observing that the nature of allegation referred to in replication (a plaintiff’s rejoinder to the defendant’s response) is virtually the re-publication of what is said in the main plaint.