The Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed the plea of AAP leader Ashutosh, who had opposed the fresh allegations made by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in his reply to a civil defamation case filed by him against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other party leaders.

The bench of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Mukta Gupta dismissed the AAP leader’s appeal, observing that the nature of allegation referred to in the replication (a plaintiff’s rejoinder to the defendant’s response) is virtually the “re-publication” of what is said in the main plaint.

“It is actually a case of re-publication of facts mentioned in the main plaint and not additional grounds,” the bench observed.