Hyd court warns Congress minister over defamation
Rebuking Congress minister Konda Surekha, Hyderabad City Civil Court directed her to refrain from making any more defamatory statements against BRS working president KT Rama Rao.
Rebuking Congress minister Konda Surekha, Hyderabad City Civil Court directed her to refrain from making any more defamatory statements against BRS working president KT Rama Rao.
A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti posted the matter for hearing on Monday, after advocate appearing for Rajeev Babbar said a copy of the petition was served on them late in the evening on Thursday and sought time to respond to it.
A magistrate court in Mumbai also suspended the sentence of the firebrand Shiv Sena leader to allow him to file an appeal.
The court also slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 on Mr Raut in the case.
“Issue notice, returnable in four weeks. Further proceedings in pursuance to the impugned judgment is stayed until further orders,” the bench ordered.
The defamation case pertains to the allegation of the AAP leader that the BJP was trying to poach AAP MLAs under the alleged Operation Lotus.
The court granted more time to the complainant in the criminal defamation case against Kejriwal to discuss the modalities of an apology that would close the case.
The top court came on a plea by Tejaswi Yadav seeking transfer of the criminal defamation complaint pending against him in an Ahmedabad court over his remarks on Gujaratis, from Gujarat to a 'neutral place', preferably Delhi.
The top court was hearing a plea of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader, seeking transfer of the criminal defamation complaint pending against him in an Ahmedabad court over his remarks, from Gujarat to a 'neutral place,' preferably Delhi.
The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Harjeet Singh Jaspal today after noted the presence of Gehlot, listed the matter for August 21 for the purpose of scrutiny of documents.
