Union minister Arun Jaitley filed on Monday a second second civil defamation suit of Rs 10 crore against CM Arvind Kejriwal over objectionable language used by his lawyer Ram Jethmalani last week.

Citing cross-examination records on an ongoing defamation suit filed by Jaitley after the CM had accused him of financial irregularities, the fresh suit says Jethmalani called Jaitley a "crook" and he had instructions on behalf of the CM to say so. "These defamatory statements, ie `crook' and `guilty of crime and crookery', ha ve been made with ulterior motives and are offensive and malicious," the suit says. "These have caused permanent harm and disrepute to the plaintiff," the suit says.