Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday withdrew his plea challenging the need to furnish a bail bond in relation to a defamation case filed by BJP leader Nitin Gadkari.
Mr. Kejriwal had initially refused to furnish a bail bond and had gone to jail, following which he had furnished one. The High Court had last asked him whether he was still interested in pursuing the matter since it was "in fructuous," in light of him already furnishing the bond.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Ashutosh Kumar on Tuesday allowed the plea to be withdrawn after Mr. Kejriwal’s lawyer said that in the backdrop of the court’s earlier questions, he had decided not to pursue the matter anymore. Mr. Gadkari’s counsel in court did not object and the plea was allowed to be withdrawn.
The proceedings in the lower court however, will continue.
