HC summons trial court records of criminal defamation case filed against Delhi CM

Delhi High Court has summoned the trial court records of a criminal defamation case filed against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia. 

The Court called for the case records while hearing a plea by the two AAP leaders challenging a trial court order summoning them as accused in a defamation complaint filed against them by an advocate.

The two leaders, along with Yogendra



Yadav, were put on trial last month by the lower court which was slated to frame defamation charges against them today in the case.The High Court, which listed the matter for further hearing on December 20, also observed that the complainant advocate does not have any direct evidence in the case. 

It observed that the magistrate should have first satisfied in himself whether a defamation case was made out.