Read the legal notice sent by Sheila Dikshit's aide to Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's political secretary has sued activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal for defamation. The legal notice accuses Mr Kejriwal of using "foul and filthy language" while making "baseless allegations" against the chief minister and her associates, and asks for a public apology.

This is what the legal notice says:

Shri Pawan Khera, political secretary to Chief Minister, Delhi, through his lawyer Mehmood Pracha, sent a legal notice for civil and criminal defamation to Shri Arvind Kejriwal and others, today. The notice regarding legal action comes in the light of derogatory remarks by Shri Kejriwal,meant to maliciously defame the Chief Minister and thus all those working in close proximity with her.

A case in point being use of the word 'Dalaal' for the Chief Minister in a talk show recently.Advocate Mehmood Pracha said that the legal notice calls upon Shri Kejriwal to:-

1. "Immediately withdraw all the allegations and aspersions made by youagainst Smt Sheila Dikshit, Hon'ble Chief Minister GNCT Delhi  which havethus defamed my client and the Office of Hon'ble Chief Minister GNCT Delhi in the talk show, at least on three prominent Channels and newspapers inequal if not more prominence than the original defamatory content."

2. "Tender an unconditional public apology to my client to his satisfactionthrough print and electronic media with regard to the said baseless allegations and aspersions and using foul and filthy language, again with equal if not more prominence which was given to the original defamatory content in the said talk show."

3. "And to refrain from committing any such act(s) i.e. using foul and filthy language unbecoming of civil public discourse in future."

4. "And refrain from making any false and baseless accusations which are false to your knowledge."

"In case of failure to comply with this notice within a period of two (2) days of receipt of this legal notice, you shall render yourselves jointly and severally liable to face appropriate civil as well as criminal proceedings under the relevant provisions of law at your risk as to cost and consequences."

(MEHMOOD PRACHA)