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The Delhi High Court on Monday declined to quash the proceedings against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders in a defamation case over their allegation that the names of 30 lakh voters had been deleted from electoral rolls at the BJP’s behest.
Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta dismissed the plea by Mr. Kejriwal and three other AAP leaders — former Rajya Sabha member Sushil Kumar Gupta, Finance Minister Atishi, and party leader Manoj Kumar — saying their imputations were prima facie “defamatory” and made with an intent to vilify the BJP to gain undue political mileage.
The High Court, which had on February 28, 2020 stayed the proceedings, vacated the interim order and asked the parties to appear before a trial court on October 3.