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The Delhi High Court connected Tuesday said the plea of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, challenging the summons issued by the privilege committee of the Delhi Assembly implicit the ‘phansi ghar (execution room)’ issue, is “not maintainable”.
Justice Sachin Datta made the oral reflection and listed it for further proceedings connected Wednesday astatine the petition of the counsel representing the bureau of the Assembly, arsenic helium was engaged successful different court.
The Delhi Assembly had summoned AAP leaders, Mr. Kejriwal, Mr. Sisodia, Ram Niwas Goel and Rakhi Birla, directing them to look successful idiosyncratic connected November 13 earlier the committee investigating the erstwhile AAP government’s claims regarding phansi ghar.
Mr. Kejriwal and Mr. Sisodia person approached the High Court to situation the summons, stating that the announcement indicates the proceedings are not based connected immoderate complaint, report, oregon question regarding breach of privilege oregon contempt.
The ‘phansi ghar’ was inaugurated connected August 22, 2022, successful the beingness of Mr. Kejriwal, past Chief Minister, and Mr. Sisodia, past Deputy CM, successful the Assembly premises. It was unveiled arsenic a symbolic memorial relating to the state conflict and the sacrifices made by state fighters, and it was a substance of nationalist knowledge.
The AAP leaders’ plea besides stated that much than 3 years aft the inauguration of the ‘phansi ghar’ and respective months aft the dissolution of the Seventh Assembly, the contented of the structure’s authenticity was raised for the archetypal clip successful Delhi’s Eighth Legislative Assembly.
Displaying a 1912 representation of the Assembly complex, Speaker Vijender Gupta, connected August 7, said nary grounds indicates the abstraction was utilized for execution and stated that it was really a “tiffin room”.
