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Arun Jaitley files fresh Rs 10-cr defamation suit against Kejriwal

Kejriwal approaches high court to quash criminal summons in separate hearing

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Union Minister of Finance, Defence and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley addresses after the launch of '100 ICICI Digital Villages', the ICICI Group’s Rural Initiative in New Delhi

Sayan Ghosal New Delhi
The Arun Jaitley, Arvind Kejriwal defamation row intensified further in the Delhi High Court on Monday with the Union Finance Minister filing a fresh Rs 10 crore defamation suit against the Delhi Chief Minister, while Kejriwal also approached the court to quash a March 9 trial court summons issued in the criminal proceedings also filed against him by Arun Jaitley.
 
Monday's action by Jaitley comes after senior advocate Ram Jethmalani's intense cross-examination of the Finance Minister last week with regard to his previous Rs 10 crore defamation case against Kejriwal. During the cross-examination Jethmalani had made several assertions against

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