NEW DELHI: Delhi leader minister Arvind Kejriwal and four other AAP functionaries have apologised to Union minister Arun Jaitley for their defamatory statements against him at the DDCA controversy.
Following the apologies, both Jaitley and the AAP netas - Kejriwal, Sanjay Singh, Raghav Chadha, Ashutosh and Deepak Bajpai - filed joint applications in the Delhi prime court docket and a Patiala House court docket on Monday to position an finish to the twoyear-old civil and legal defamation cases.
Jaitley said he accepts the apology "and does not wish to further prosecute the suit". While the applying in Patiala House sought the court docket's nod to allow Jaitley to withdraw the defamation case, in their joint plea in HC, the minister, while accepting the apology, steered the court docket to move a decree on his swimsuit as an alternative of retreating it.
In HC, Jaitley had filed a civil defamation swimsuit in December 2015 claiming Rs 10 crore as damages. Later, when Kejriwal's recommend Ram Jethmalani made disparaging remarks against Jaitley during his cross-examination in court docket, the minister filed a second defamation swimsuit.
Meanwhile, he had also lodged a legal defamation case against the AAP functionaries for their remarks relating to alleged large-scale financial irregularities in the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) during his tenure as president of the cricket body.
Along with Kejriwal, 5 other AAP functionaries, including Kumar Vishwas, had been facing lawsuits in both the prime court docket and the trial court docket. Vishwas, alternatively, hasn't apologised.
In his letter, Kejriwal claimed "allegations made by me were based on information and papers furnished to me by certain individuals who represented to have first-hand insight into the affairs of DDCA. However, I have recently discovered that the information and the imputations contained therein are unfounded and unwarranted and I was clearly misinformed into making these allegations."
He added: "Therefore, I unequivocally withdraw all the allegations made by me in question - whether made in print, electronic or social media - against you. I offer my sincere apology to you and your family members for any harm caused to your reputation as a consequence of my allegations." The leader minister also referred to the remarks through his then lawyer Jethmalani which had precipitated a second defamation swimsuit.
"I categorically state that the disparaging and malicious statements made by Mr Ram Jethmalani, the senior advocate representing me, were without my knowledge and/or instructions," Kejriwal said, adding that he does not approve of the senior lawyer's statements. The first joint application in the prime court docket informs it that the AAP functionaries have tendered an "unqualified" apology for their statements against Jaitley and his members of the family and in addition "unequivocally" withdrawn their allegations. As regards the second defamation case against the AAP leader, the applying said that the "defendant (Kejriwal) has categorically stated that the disparaging and malicious statements made by Ram Jethmalani were without his knowledge and/or instructions".
"In view of the categorical statement by the defendant, the plaintiff (Jaitley) does not wish to prosecute the suit," the applying said.
Both the HC and the trial court docket have indexed the matters for hearing on Tuesday.
Earlier, the court docket had acquitted Kejriwal in two defamation cases filed through Union minister Nitin Gadkari and suggest Amit Sibal, son of Congress functionary Kapil Sibal after the CM's apology and be apologetic about. Deputy CM Manish Sisodia also tendered his apology in Amit Sibal's case and was acquitted.
Following the apologies, both Jaitley and the AAP netas - Kejriwal, Sanjay Singh, Raghav Chadha, Ashutosh and Deepak Bajpai - filed joint applications in the Delhi prime court docket and a Patiala House court docket on Monday to position an finish to the twoyear-old civil and legal defamation cases.
Jaitley said he accepts the apology "and does not wish to further prosecute the suit". While the applying in Patiala House sought the court docket's nod to allow Jaitley to withdraw the defamation case, in their joint plea in HC, the minister, while accepting the apology, steered the court docket to move a decree on his swimsuit as an alternative of retreating it.
In HC, Jaitley had filed a civil defamation swimsuit in December 2015 claiming Rs 10 crore as damages. Later, when Kejriwal's recommend Ram Jethmalani made disparaging remarks against Jaitley during his cross-examination in court docket, the minister filed a second defamation swimsuit.
Meanwhile, he had also lodged a legal defamation case against the AAP functionaries for their remarks relating to alleged large-scale financial irregularities in the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) during his tenure as president of the cricket body.
Along with Kejriwal, 5 other AAP functionaries, including Kumar Vishwas, had been facing lawsuits in both the prime court docket and the trial court docket. Vishwas, alternatively, hasn't apologised.
In his letter, Kejriwal claimed "allegations made by me were based on information and papers furnished to me by certain individuals who represented to have first-hand insight into the affairs of DDCA. However, I have recently discovered that the information and the imputations contained therein are unfounded and unwarranted and I was clearly misinformed into making these allegations."
He added: "Therefore, I unequivocally withdraw all the allegations made by me in question - whether made in print, electronic or social media - against you. I offer my sincere apology to you and your family members for any harm caused to your reputation as a consequence of my allegations." The leader minister also referred to the remarks through his then lawyer Jethmalani which had precipitated a second defamation swimsuit.
"I categorically state that the disparaging and malicious statements made by Mr Ram Jethmalani, the senior advocate representing me, were without my knowledge and/or instructions," Kejriwal said, adding that he does not approve of the senior lawyer's statements. The first joint application in the prime court docket informs it that the AAP functionaries have tendered an "unqualified" apology for their statements against Jaitley and his members of the family and in addition "unequivocally" withdrawn their allegations. As regards the second defamation case against the AAP leader, the applying said that the "defendant (Kejriwal) has categorically stated that the disparaging and malicious statements made by Ram Jethmalani were without his knowledge and/or instructions".
"In view of the categorical statement by the defendant, the plaintiff (Jaitley) does not wish to prosecute the suit," the applying said.
Both the HC and the trial court docket have indexed the matters for hearing on Tuesday.
Earlier, the court docket had acquitted Kejriwal in two defamation cases filed through Union minister Nitin Gadkari and suggest Amit Sibal, son of Congress functionary Kapil Sibal after the CM's apology and be apologetic about. Deputy CM Manish Sisodia also tendered his apology in Amit Sibal's case and was acquitted.
CM, AAP netas apologise to Jaitley, file plea to end case
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