India, Jan. 7 -- A Delhi court on Tuesday took cognisance of a criminal defamation complaint filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendra Jain against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Karnail Singh, holding that there were sufficient grounds to proceed against the accused.

The order was passed by additional chief judicial magistrate Paras Dalal of Rouse Avenue Courts.

Jain had alleged that Singh, the sitting MLA from the Shakurbasti constituency in north Delhi, defamed him by making statements during a television interview aired on January 19 last year. Jain, who also contested the election from the same constituency, claimed that the remarks were made during the Delhi Legislative Assembly election period.

According to the complaint...