Overview
- Justice Sachin Datta orally remarked that the petition challenging the Delhi Assembly Privileges Committee summons is prima facie not maintainable and set the hearing for Wednesday.
- The Privileges Committee summoned Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia on November 4 to appear on November 13 to verify the memorial’s authenticity, with alleged renovation fund misuse also under inquiry.
- The AAP leaders’ petition argues lack of jurisdiction, procedural defects, and legislative discontinuity, asserting the committee cannot revisit actions of the previous Assembly.
- The plea notes that replies were filed to a September 9 notice but were not addressed before the latest summons, and it terms the proceedings a colorable exercise of legislative power.
- The dispute traces back to a 2022 installation presented as a ‘Phansi Ghar’, which Speaker Vijender Gupta later said records show was a tiffin/service area, prompting removal of the plaque and installations, with some historians also questioning the gallows claim.