During hearing, Gadkari and Kejriwal both filed their respective application for exempting personal appearance on account of General Election. (Read In Hindi:भ्रष्ट नेताओं की सूची जारी करना केजरीवाल को पड़ा महंगा)

Gadkari's  advocates Pinky Anand and Balendu Shekhar took strong objection on Kejriwal's absence in court. He is the accused and should not be given liberty akin to the complainant. Later on, the court directed Kejriwal to remain positively present on May 21.

Earlier, in a criminal defamation case filed by Nitin Gadkari in Patiala House Court, summon was issued to Kejriwal to remain present on Monday. Gadkari has alleged that Kejriwal is in the habit of making false, malicious and defamatory statements only to gain cheap publicity and gain political mileage.

Kejriwal had on January 31 produced a fabricated list of corrupt politicians including Gadkari as one of the corrupt politicians. The statement was made only to defame and tarnish the image of Gadkari who has an impeccable image in the eyes of people at large. Ashutosh, Spokesperson of AAP also repeated the false statement and also falsely stated that Gadkari had sent a notice to BJP.