So, finally, the Delhi high court ruled in favour of the Lt. Governor of Delhi, Najeeb Jung, and the Central Government, in their turf war with Delhi’s Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal.

The Delhi high court today asked Chief Arvind Kejriwal to explain the meaning of the word “thulla”, which he used during a television debate on policemen.

A Delhi court today dismissed a defamation case filed by a policeman against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for using a derogatory term against the men in khaki.

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the constitutional validity of India’s criminal defamation law that was contested by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and BJP leader Subramanian Swamy.

The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce on Friday its verdict on a batch of petitions including by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and BJP leader Subramanian Swamy challenging the constitutional validity of sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code providing for criminal defamation.

A Delhi court on Saturday issued summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly using the word “thulla” - derogatory Delhi slang for cop - to describe policemen.

A court today granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five others in a criminal defamation case filed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. A lower court announced the bail to Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Kumar Vishwas, Ashutosh, Sanjay Singh, Raghav Chadha and Deepak Bajp...

A court has dismissed a criminal complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal alleging he asked voters to take bribes from other parties but vote for his AAP in elections. Metropolitan Magistrate Babru Bhan dismissed the plea seeking prosecution of Kejriwal, saying that no offence was made...

Advocate Pradeep Dwivedi, represented by advocate Anupam Dwivedi, has filed a criminal contempt and sedition complaints against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly using “defamatory and seditious” words against prime minister Narendra Modi, which would spread disharmony,reported First...

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday told Delhi high court that the defamation suit filed by union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley against him and five other AAP leaders was a classic instance of “political vendetta” against them for speaking up against the “malaise of corruption” in the DDCA Jai...

Accusing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of making false statements against him, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday recorded his statement in a court here in connection with a criminal defamation complaint filed by him. Jaitley has filed a complaint against Kejriwal and five other Aam Aad...

Senior counsel and Rajya Sabha parliamentarian Ram Jethmalani in an interview in Scroll talks about why he’s representing Arvind Kejriwal pro bono against Arun Jaitley’s defamation actions (“Kejriwal got in touch with me and I promptly said to him, ‘Yes, I will surely represent you.’”): Is it unusua...

Delhi Public Prosecutors will likely not give up their 24 December to 1 January vacation on the “last minute” order of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal reported The Indian Express . Prosecutors in Delhi have protested the directive in a letter to the director of prosecution. The director of pros...

The Delhi high court on Tuesday issued notice to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders in a defamation suit filed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Joint Registrar K Venugopal sought replies from Kejriwal, Kumar Vishwas, Raghav Chadha, Ashutosh, Sanjay Singh and Deepak Bajpai by ...

Delhi’s lawyers on Wednesday wrote to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal requesting him to exempt advocates from the city government’s odd-even vehicle restriction plan. The coordination committee of all district court bar associations, in its letter to Kejriwal, said that the odd-even traffic restricti...

The protracted war of attrition between Delhi’s ex-law minister Somnath Bharti and police ended on Monday evening when Bharti surrendered to police in a domestic violence case filed by his wife Lipika Mitra. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator from Malviya Nagar constituency in south Delhi reached ...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, accused in a defamation case filed by senior congress leader Kapil Sibal’s son Amit, appeared before a court here on Saturday. Kejriwal appeared before Metropolitan Magistrate Sunil Kumar Sharma after Amit Sibal’s counsel...

The central government Wednesday told the Delhi high court that the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) foreign funds were investigated and nothing was found in violation of the law. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw also asked the ministry of home affairs to submit its revised o...

A day after the AAP registered a historic victory in the Delhi assembly polls, chief minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal yesterday sought the centre’s cooperation to ensure full statehood for the national capital. Kejriwal, the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) convenor, meanwhile, declined to take the Z secur...

A Delhi court today granted AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal exemption from personal appearance in a defamation complaint filed by an advocate. Metropolitan Magistrate Muneesh Garg allowed Kejriwal, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Manish Sisodia and Yogendra Yadav’s applic...