Didn't Said Ram Jethmalani to Call Arun Jaitley 'Crook' Says Arvind Kejriwal

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has denied that he authorised the use of the word "crook" by his lawyer Ram Jethmalani during the cross-examination of Arun Jaitley during a hearing of the defamation case filed by the Union Minister a few months ago. 

Mr Jaitley had filed a second defamation case and sought another 10 crore as damages after the senior advocate told him that the use of the slur had been approved by Mr Kejriwal. 

 Today, in an affidavit, Mr Kejriwal told the Delhi High Court that Mr Jethmalani was "not instructed" to use objectionable words against Union Minister.


 "With due respect, it is submitted that neither Kejriwal nor the counsel briefing the senior counsel Jethmalani gave instructions to the senior counsel to use the objectionable words on May 17, 2017," the affidavit read.


 In response, Mr Jaitley had said he would seek "aggravated damages". Today, Mr Kejriwal's affidavit said he had also written a letter to Mr Jethmalani to deny the claim that the objectionable word was used following his instructions. 

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