DDCA case: Kejriwal using delaying tactics, says Jaitley in High Court

Source – thehansindia.com NEW DELHI: Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday accused AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi High Court of adopting delaying tactics in a defamation case by seeking to summon the minutes of meetings of the cricket body DDCA between 1999 and 2014. Opposing Jaitley’s contention, Kejriwal’s counsel submitted that if there were no irregularities, why was the BJP leader opposing the summoning of the documents of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA). Joint Registrar Pankaj Gupta, after hearing the arguments of the counsel for Jaitley and Kejriwal, listed the matter for October 31 for seeking clarifications and pronouncing the order on the AAP leader’s application. Kejriwal had moved the plea in a defamation suit filed by the union minister against him and five other AAP leaders seeking Rs 10 crore as damages for allegedly levelling “defamatory” charges of irregularities in DDCA during Jaitley’s tenure as its President.