Zee Media Bureau
New Delhi: Spelling more trouble for the Aam Aadmi Party, the Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and some other senior party leaders on a petition challenging a Delhi High Court order in a defamation case against him.
The defamation suit was filed by Amit Sibal, son of Union Minister Kapil Sibal. It is rooted in a May 15, 2013 press conference in which Kejriwal, while alleging conflict of interest, had said that Amit Sibal had appeared in the Supreme Court for Vodafone while his father was the communications minister.
Prashant Bhushan, Shazia Ilmi and Manish Sisodia are among the others who have been named in the SC order.
The Supreme Court also stayed the operation of the high court order that had permitted Kejriwal to approach the lower court for his discharge in the defamation suit filed by Sibal.
The lower court had issued summons to Kejriwal and others. Kejriwal had moved the high court seeking exemption from appearance as he wanted to be discharged in the matter. The high court had allowed this.
(With IANS inputs)
