New Delhi, Jun 1 () Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Ashutosh today moved Delhi High Court opposing fresh allegations made by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in a defamation case against him and other party leaders to which they have been asked to respond.

The matter came up before a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and R K Gauba but Justice Ahmed recused from hearing it due to some undisclosed reason.
The AAP leader has challenged a single judge's April 29 order by which Jaitley's rejoinder to the replies of Arvind Kejriwal, Ashutosh and four others, who are party in the defamation suit, was allowed and in which the BJP leader has allegedly made a fresh allegation.

The single judge had sought further response from the AAP leaders to Jaitley's rejoinder.

The order had come on the AAP leaders' plea for striking off the allegedly new allegations levelled by Jaitley in his replication.