Defamation case: Supreme Court to hear plea of Atishi, Arvind Kejriwal on Monday

The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a petition of Chief Minister Atishi and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal challenging a Delhi High Court order refusing to quash a defamation case against them over remarks on the alleged deletion of names of 30 lakh voters belonging to some communities from the electoral rolls.

A Bench led by Justice Hrishikesh Roy on Friday deferred the hearing after senior advocate Sonia Mathur submitted on behalf of complainant BJP’s Rajiv Babbar that her caveat was not mentioned in the office report and she could not file a response as the petition was served on her late on Thursday evening.

On behalf of the AAP leaders, senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi said he would argue the matter on September 30.

Atishi and Kejriwal have challenged the September 2 order of the Delhi High Court refusing to quash the proceedings against them and other AAP leaders over their remarks on alleged deletion of voters’ names. Babbar alleged that the allegation prima facie lowered the reputation of the BJP.