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27 February, 2007

L K Advani exempted from personal appearance in Gurgaon court

Gurgaon City News
Senior BJP leader L K Advani today challenged the validity of a defamation suit against him by Abhishek Verma, prime accused in the Scorpene submarine deal, and for personal appearance in a Gurgaon court trying the case. ...

The judge exempted the BJP leader from personal appearance in the Gurgaon chief judicial magistrate’s court, overturning the CJM’s order on July 17 last year. He said Advani could be represented by his lawyer.

Senior advocate Satya Pal Jain and Advani’s counsel Dheeraj Jain said Advani, Jaswant Singh and George Fernandes held a joint press conference in New Delhi on March 20, 2006, demanding a CBi probe into the Scorpene deal. ...