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Added on : 2018-03-19 18:01:45

On Monday, Arvind Kejriwal tendered an apology to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, according to ANI.  In a letter he wrote: “I have nothing personal against you. I regret the same. Let us put the incident behind us and bring the court proceedings to a closure." Kejriwal and Nitin Gadkari have filed a joint application seeking to withdraw the defamation case  in Delhi's Patiala Court. The application comes after Kejriwal submitted a letter regretting making defamatory remarks against Gadkari. Kejriwal also apologised to Congress leader Kapil Sibal. 
Kejriwal and Sisodia apologised for making "unfounded allegations" against Sibal in a letter which was submitted before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal.Sibal and the AAP leaders also filed a joint application in the court seeking withdrawal of the case filed in 2013.The court then posted the matter for further hearing on April 6 when it will consider the joint application for disposing off the case amicably in view of the written apology.Besides Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, complainant Amit Sibal had also named former AAP members Prashant Bhushan and Shazia Ilmi as accused in the case.The lower court on September 20, 2014, had put all the four accused on trial for the charge under section 500 (defamation) of the IPC.

On Monday, Arvind Kejriwal tendered an apology to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, according to ANI.  In a letter he wrote: “I have nothing personal against you. I regret the same. Let us put the incident behind us and bring the court proceedings to a closure." Kejriwal and Nitin Gadkari have filed a joint application seeking to withdraw the defamation case  in Delhi's Patiala Court. The application comes after Kejriwal submitted a letter regretting making defamatory remarks against Gadkari. Kejriwal also apologised to Congress leader Kapil Sibal. 
Kejriwal and Sisodia apologised for making "unfounded allegations" against Sibal in a letter which was submitted before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal.Sibal and the AAP leaders also filed a joint application in the court seeking withdrawal of the case filed in 2013.The court then posted the matter for further hearing on April 6 when it will consider the joint application for disposing off the case amicably in view of the written apology.Besides Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, complainant Amit Sibal had also named former AAP members Prashant Bhushan and Shazia Ilmi as accused in the case.The lower court on September 20, 2014, had put all the four accused on trial for the charge under section 500 (defamation) of the IPC.

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