Overview
- Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Ram Niwas Goel, and Rakhi Birla skipped the November 13 sitting, prompting fresh notices and a new deposition date set for November 20 at 2:30 pm.
- The Committee of Privileges says it has moved into an evidence-recording phase after reviewing background files and historic maps pertaining to the chamber inaugurated in 2022.
- Speaker Vijender Gupta has cited a 1912 map and National Archives records to argue the space was a tiffin room or lift shaft rather than a gallows chamber.
- Kejriwal and Sisodia have challenged the summons in the Delhi High Court, which observed prima facie that their plea is not maintainable, with the matter listed next for November 24.
- The panel declined Kejriwal’s request to defer proceedings, while the Aam Aadmi Party calls the inquiry legally untenable and politically motivated.