Mr Kejriwal had approached the High Court seeking quashing of the First Information Report or FIR and exemption from appearing before the Kurla metropolitan magistrate court.
The Bombay High Court on Friday refused to exempt Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from appearing before a magistrate court in Mumbai on a complaint lodged against him in connection with a rally last year.
In March last year, the complaint was lodged against Mr Kejriwal for holding a rally in suburban Mankhurd without prior and requisite permissions from the traffic police.
Mr Kejriwal had approached the High Court seeking quashing of the First Information Report or FIR and exemption from appearing before the Kurla metropolitan magistrate court.
His lawyer Mihir Desai argued that Mr Kejriwal had nothing to do with taking permissions and an FIR can be registered against the local party member concerned.
A division bench of justices RV More and VL Achiliya, however, observed that as the Aam Aadmi Party's Chairperson, Mr Kejriwal also held responsibility.
The bench asked Mr Desai to withdraw the petition and seek discharge from the case before the magistrate.
Mr Desai, however, said he would have to take instructions from the applicant (Kejriwal) on this and sought the court to at least exempt Mr Kejriwal from appearing before the magistrate court today.
"Let him (Kejriwal) appear tomorrow before the magistrate and take permanent exemption from appearance," the court said while adjourning the petition for hearing till December 11.