India, Nov. 15 -- A day after the Delhi Assembly's privileges committee issued fresh notices to former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and three other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders to appear before it, the panel has rejected Kejriwal's request to defer its proceedings "owing to an ongoing court case".

Kejriwal, along with senior AAP leaders Manish Sisodia, Ram Niwas Goel and Rakhi Birla, had been summoned to appear before the committee on November 13, but none of them turned up. The committee, therefore, gave them an opportunity to appear on November 20.

On Friday, however, Kejriwal's counsel sent a detailed representation to the assembly, seeking postponement of the hearing on the grounds that AAP'schallenge to the summons was currently...