With Union Minister Arun Jaitley filing a new Rs 10-crore suit against the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over an uncharitable remark used by Kejriwal's counsel Ram Jethmalani in court last week, the ongoing defamation case a fresh impetus. 
Jaitley filed the case in Delhi High Court over the word "crook" used by Jethlamalani during cross-examination stopped after an intense verbal duel between them.

Jethmalani, 93, had provoked Jaitley in the Delhi High Court last week by calling him a "crook". Jaitley, who appeared before Joint Registrar Deepali Sharma, asked Jethmalani whether the word was used as per instructions from Kejriwal.