Arvind Kejriwal is seen outside a Delhi court.
Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal today moved the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order of sending him to judicial custody. (
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Mr Kejriwal's lawyers mentioned the matter before a division bench of Justice B D Ahmed and Justice Sidharth Mridul for urgent hearing. The court posted the matter for Tuesday.
The leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is in judicial custody till June 6 after he refused to furnish a personal bond in a defamation case filed by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nitin Gadkari. (Also Read:
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He refused to furnish the bail bond of Rs.10,000 and was sent to the Tihar Central Jail. (
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