India, Nov. 12 -- The Delhi High Court on Tuesday remarked the petition by former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia challenging the summons issued to them in connection with the controversial "Phansi Ghar" (gallows chamber) is "prima facie not maintainable".

A bench of justice Sachin Datta made the observation after the Delhi Assembly Privileges Committee's counsel, Jayant Mehta, questioned the petition's maintainability and sought that the hearing be deferred to the next day, citing his engagement in another matter before the Supreme Court.

However, Kejriwal and Sisodia's lawyer Shadan Farasat opposed the argument and said that the committee did not have the jurisdiction to issue the notice.

The next hearing of the mat...