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This is an archive article published on May 29, 2024
‘Preplanned conspiracy by Arvind Kejriwal, AAP members’: PIL seeks action against Sunita Kejriwal for “posting recording” of court hearing on social media
The plea against Sunita Kejriwal and others seeks the formation of an SIT and registration of FIR against alleged conspiracy of recording and sharing of court proceedings
The plea states Sunita Kejriwal and certain other people are the "contemnor(s) and members/supporters of political parties" who not only recorded the trial court proceedings on March 28 when Kejriwal (who had been produced) had himself addressed the court but also posted the same. Express photo
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking action against Sunita Kejriwal and others in connection with the alleged recording and posting of trial court proceedings when Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had personally addressed the court.
Arvind Kejriwal was arrested in March by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its probe into the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy. On May 10, the Supreme Court granted him interim bail till June 1.
The PIL moved by Vaibhav Singh, an advocate, seeks the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate and register a First Information Report (FIR) against the “alleged conspiracy of recording and sharing the audio and video” of the court proceedings and “putting the life” of the trial court judge at “risk”.
The plea states Sunita Kejriwal and certain other people are the “contemnor(s) and members/supporters of political parties” who not only recorded the trial court proceedings on March 28 when Kejriwal (who had been produced) had himself addressed the court but also posted the same.
The above circumstance suggests that this was a preplanned conspiracy by Ms. Sunita Kejriwal on the instructions of the accused and sitting Chief Minister Mr. Arvind Kejriwal and his party members to record the audio/video recording of the court proceedings
“Several members of the Aam Aadmi Party including members of various other opposition parties have intentionally and deliberately and with willful intention to malign and manipulate the court proceedings done the audio and video recording…The above circumstance suggests that this was a preplanned conspiracy to record the audio/video recording of the court proceedings hatched by Mr Arvind Kejriwal and his party members. That Mr. Kejriwal never before nor after, presented his case in court which shows that presenting his case on 28.03.2024 was part of some conspiracy to gain public sentiments,” the plea submits.
It adds that soon after the hearing was over on March 28 many social media handles belonging to the AAP members and other political parties started posting, reposting, forwarding, sharing, and resharing the audio and video recording of the trial court proceedings.
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“Ms Sunita Kejriwal w/o Mr Arvind Kejriwal who is CM of Delhi and accused in the Delhi Liquor Policy Scam, reposted the audio recordings of the court proceedings, whereas recording of the court is prohibited Under High Court of Delhi Rules for video Conferencing for Courts 2021,” the plea submits.
The plea states the unauthorised sharing of court recordings violates the Delhi High Court Rules for Video Conferencing for Courts 2021, which specifically prohibits the unauthorized recording of Court proceedings.
It states court proceedings are designed to ensure fairness, impartiality, and justice; however such unauthorized recordings can potentially disrupt the integrity of the judicial process by incentivising sensationalism, misinterpretation, or manipulation of the recorded content
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