In a setback to former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday dismissed his plea seeking a separate trial from AAP leader Sanjay Singh in a criminal defamation case linked to remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational qualifications.
The case pertains to statements made by Aam Aadmi Party leaders questioning the authenticity of the Prime Minister’s degree.
Justice MR Mengdey while pronouncing the order said, “The application is dismissed”.
Earlier, Arvind Kejriwal had challenged a December 15, 2025 order of the Additional Principal Judge Manish Pradyuman Purohit of the City Sessions Court in Ahmedabad, which had dismissed his revision petition seeking to quash a September 23, 2023 order passed by a magistrate court.
Kejriwal had preferred an application before the magistrate court for the separation of the trial of the applicant from the trial of the accused No.2–AAP leader Sanjay Singh as it would not be in the interest of justice to club the two incidents and try the same together in one complaint.
