The AAP leader told the court that before rendering an apology or making any other statement to Jaitley on the issue, he wishes to know whether his party leaders lied or not while issuing statements against the minister, who is a senior BJP leader.

In a Facebook post, Jaitley said an impeachment motion has to be filed in the rarest of rare cases where a "gross misconduct" has been indulged in by a delinquent judge during his tenure.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday hit out at the opposition parties, saying that the impeachment notice was being used as a “weapon” by the Congress and its friends.

Using the situation to his advantage, Congress president Rahul Gandhi launched an all out attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rahul accused PM Modi of destroying the banking system with his demonetisation decision.

The 65-year old Jaitley was elected recently from Uttar Pradesh and had to take oath at a special ceremony due to his health condition. 

A Finance Ministry spokesperson said the oath ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. in Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu's chambers.  

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the finance ministers of south Indian states at a conclave at Thiruvananthapuram said that ToR was against the principles of federalism enshrined in the Constitution and also would result in revenue loss to the performing states.  

Jaitley, in a tweet posted on Thursday evening, said that he was presently working from home and added that the doctors will take a call on future course of his treatment.

According to the data released by the Finance Ministry on Monday, 6.84 crore returns were filed during 2017-18, significantly higher than 5.43 crore filed in the previous fiscal.

AAP leaders had accused the BJP leader of corruption as the president of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA), a post he had held from 2000 to 2013.

The move by Kejriwal came as no surprise as he has already apologised to some others, including Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Congress leader Kapil Sibal's lawyer son Amit, who had filed defamation suits and complaints against him.

The written apology was tendered by Aam Aadmi Party’s Sanjay Singh, Ashutosh and Raghav Chaddha along with the party chief Kejriwal.

The saffron party is assured of victory in eight of the ten seats going by its dominant numbers in the state assembly along with its allies.

In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, Arun Jaitley informed that at the time of demonetisation, high denomination notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 amounting to Rs 15.44 lakh crore were in circulation.

Jaitley said the modalities of giving the special package were agreed way back in September 2016 but the state government only in January this year suggested a change in route of receiving funds, to which the Centre agreed but has not heard from it.

Companies linked to Nirav Modi obtained Letters of Undertaking (LoUs), which were used to get loans from overseas branches of Indian banks, up to five guarantees on a single day.

Today was the last day for filing of nominations for the biennial elections. Voting will be held on March 23 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is March 15.

Apart from Jaitley, the other Rajya Sabha candidates announced by the BJP from Uttar Pradesh are Ashok Bajpai, Vijay Pal Singh Tomar, Sakal Deep Rajbhar, Kanta Kardam, Anil Jain, Harnath Singh Yadav and GVL Narasimha Rao.

He said mere statements should be avoided as those who fail to prove their charges against others often lose credibility.

Under the GST regime, an e-way bill needs to be generated and carried for movement of all goods valued at over Rs 50,000.