NEW DELHI: A Delhi court today fixed March 10 for hearing a criminal defamation complaint filed by DDCA and its vice president Chetan Chauhan against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad for allegedly defaming the cricketing body by making “scandalous” remarks.
The matter was posted for the next date as Metropolitan Magistrate Abhilash Malhotra was on leave.
The court had earlier posted the complaint for today for consideration and arguments. Chauhan was also present in the court along with his advocate for the proceedings.
The petition has alleged that the defamatory statements were made by Kejriwal and Azad, who himself is a member of DDCA, “to remain in the public eye and to gain political mileage”.
“The aforesaid actions of the accused have severely damaged the credibility and reputation of the complainant in the eyes of thousands of cricket lovers, citizens of India as well as internationally.
“It has always been a serious apprehension, which has come true in this case, where provocative statements, irrespective of their falsity, have entered the realm of the internet and social media, and are being republished and forwarded again and again making it next to impossible to squelch the same,” the petition, filed through advocate Sangram Patnaik, said.
The plea alleged that Kejriwal had made “scandalous” remarks against DDCA before the national television due to which the cricketing body and Chauhan have suffered irreparable loss in the public eye.(Agencies)
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