The Supreme Court in its order on Monday also extended till May 13 the interim order of stay on trial proceedings in the defamation case against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal over retweeting of a video making allegations against BJP IT Cell.During the hearing on Monday, the complainant’s counsel urged that an apology may be issued on a public platform by the accused, Kejriwal.The apex court, after noting all the arguments of the parties, fixed the matter for further hearing to May 13.On the last date of hearing on February 26, Kejriwal, admitted before the Supreme Court that “it was a mistake if I knew this was the consequence,” in connection with the case against him for his retweeting an allegedly defamatory vjdeo posted by You Tuber, Dhruv Rathee.
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