New Delhi, Sept 16: The Delhi High Court today issued summons to Madan Lal Khurana on a defamation suit filed by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit seeking to restrain the city BJP chief from making defamatory allegations of corruption against her. While issuing summons to Khurana, joint registrar S S Handa asked him to respond to the same on October 20. In the civil defamation suit filed through counsel Rahul Sharma, the Chief Minister has requested the court to award her symbolic damages of Rs 101 for the "harm" caused to her reputation. She has also sought permanent prohibitory injunction restraining Khurana from making allegations of corruption or imputations and getting the same published in any manner - directly or indirectly.

Khurana had on September 3 accused Dikshit of receiving funds for election purposes from the private power companies in lieu of releasing the central funds to them and demanded a CBI inquiry into the matter. Bureau Report