Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife, Sunita Kejriwal. (Image: AAP)
Singh said that the audio/video recording went viral and it “smells deep conspiracy by the political parties to malign the image of the judiciary and mislead the common people of this nation”
The Aam Aadmi Party and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal landed in legal trouble for the ‘unauthorised’ circulation of video/audio recordings of court proceedings. Delhi High Court lawyer Vaibhav Singh has lodged a complaint against Sunita Kejriwal for allegedly recording and circulation the proceedings of Special Judge-CBI, Rouse Avenue Court, on March 28, when Arvind Kejriwal was physically produced before the court.
Apart from Sunita Kejriwal, Singh also named Promila Gupta (AAP Councillor from ward 11 of Timarpur), Vineeta Jain (Vice President of Rajasthan Congress) and other members of various other opposition parties in the complaint.
The complaint alleged that several members of various Opposition parties, “intentionally and deliberately, with the wilful intention to malign and manipulate the court proceedings, did the audio and video recording of the court proceedings and circulated them on social media platforms.”
In his complaint to the district judge and Special CBI Judge, Singh said that the audio/video recording went viral and it “smells deep conspiracy by the political parties to malign the image of the judiciary and mislead the common people of this nation.”
“The above circumstance smells that this was a preplanned conspiracy to record the audio/video recording of the court proceedings hatched by Arvind Kejriwal and his party members. Kejriwal never before nor after presented his case in the court, which shows that presenting his case on March 28 was part of some conspiracy to gain public sentiments,” the complainant said.
He highlighted that recording of the court proceedings is prohibited by “High Court of Delhi Rules for Video Conferencing for Courts 2021″.
The sub-clause 6 of clause 3 in chapter 2 of the law states that “there shall be no unauthorized recording of the proceedings by any person or entity.”
Singh urged the court to initiate a detailed inquiry into the matter and take “appropriate action against all the persons and political parties for willfully and deliberately disobeying the video conferencing rules dated October 26, 2021, of this Hon’ble court.”
